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The Appeals Court has overturned the Kalasin Provincial Court’s acquittal of People’s party’s party-list MP Piyarat Chongthep and sentenced him to three years in prison, without suspension, after convicting him of lèse majesté.
The Bhumjaithai Party, led by party leader Anutin Charnvirakul, will submit its constitutional amendment draft to House Speaker Sophon Zaram tomorrow to pave the way for the drafting of a new constitution.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul signed an order today for the formation of an anti-corruption board, led by himself, as a part of the process for Thailand’s accession to membership of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2028.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has found convicted former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom to be “unusually wealthy” after he amassed 107 million baht in illicit assets.
The Constitutional Court has accepted for consideration a petition filed by the parliamentary Opposition bloc challenging the constitutionality of an emergency decree authorising the Finance Ministry to borrow money to address the energy crisis and support the country’s energy transition.
The private sector has proposed that the government treat corruption as a national agenda item and establish a national anti-corruption centre to tackle this deeply entrenched problem in earnest, Poj Aramwattananont, president of the Board of Trade and the Thai Chamber of Commerce said today.
The Democrat Party candidate running in the Bangkok gubernatorial election, Anucha Burapachaisri, has announced that he wants to transform Bangkok into a “City of Angels and more” and “a city of the future for new generations of Thai people.”
House Speaker Sophon Zaram decided to put the government’s 400 billion baht loan decree on hold today, until there is a ruling from the Constitutional Court on its legality.
Seri Ruam Thai party leader and the sole MP of the party, Sereepisuth Temeeyaves, is seeking the the signatures of at least 50 fellow opposition MPs to second his motion to the Constitutional Court, via the House speaker, seeking the removal from office of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and the Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob.
The first mobile Cabinet meeting of Anutin Charnvirakul’s second-term administration will be held in Songkhla on June 8 and 9.
Chaiwat Sathawornwichit has emerged as the strongest challenger to Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt in next month’s gubernatorial election, bolstered by the People’s Party (PP) and its massive popularity among the capital’s voters.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that he would “certainly” find an opportunity to meet former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was recently released on parole.
