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Thailand’s opposition MPs are gathering signatures on a petition to the Constitution Court to strip Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob of his right to contest the general election. Move Forward MP Pakornwut Udompipatskul said today (Monday) that MPs of several opposition parties agree with the move. He said that the previous petition to the court only
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s condition has improved and he will be able to return home tomorrow (Monday), after undergoing minor surgery to remove a lymph node from his swollen right hand, performed by doctors at Phramongkutklao Hospital. Maj-Gen Dr. Thamrongroj Temudom, the hospital’s director, told the media today that doctors initially prescribed anti-biotics to treat
The Election Commission’s (EC) reallocation of constituency MPs has been published in The Royal Gazette and becomes effective today (Saturday). The EC has completed the redrawing of the constituency map to exclude non-Thai citizens from the calculation of the number of constituency MPs for each of Thailand’s 77 provinces. Based on the December 31st census
Hunger strikers Tantawan Tuatulanon and Orawan Phuphongwere rushed from the Supreme Court back to Thammasat University Hospital this evening (Friday), after their conditions deteriorated to a critical level, according to Krisadang Nutcharat, a lawyer at Thai Lawyers for Human Rights. He said that the two young protesters initially refused to be taken back to the
The Election Commission is redrawing election constituency maps in eight provinces after the Constitutional Court ruled that non-Thai citizens must be excluded from the Thai population when calculating the number of constituency MPs for each respective province. The Court resolved unanimously today (Friday) that the word “citizens” does not include people who do not have
Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has been ordered by the Constitutional Court to cease performing his duty, effective today (Friday), after the court accepted a complaint from 54 opposition MPs, alleging that the minister is the owner of Buri Charoen Construction Limited Partnership. According to Section 187 of the Constitution, a minister cannot hold a stake
The executive committee of the opposition Move Forward Party has decided to vote against an Executive Decree which delays the enforcement of some provisions of the Act for the Prevention and Suppression of Enforced Disappearance, due to be debated in the House on Tuesday. The party’s Secretary-General, Chaithawat Tulathong, said today (Monday) that the committee
Two fasting student activists have asked Thailand’s Supreme Court to allow them, their families and some supporters to use the court compound and some of its facilities to continue their hunger strike. The request by Tantawan Tuatulanon and Orawan Phuphong, is contained in a petition letter, addressed to the president of the Supreme Court, which
The Supreme Court rejected the bail applications by two convicted Talugas defendants because they may attempt to flee if they are released from jail, according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) today (Sunday). TLHR said in a tweet that its applications for bail for “Thiranai” and “Chaiporn”, submitted to the Supreme Court on Thursday,
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he is a native son of the north-east son and urged its people not to desert him, as he unveiled some of the United Thai Nation Party’s policies at a campaign rally held in the north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima on Saturday night. He said that he was born in
Speaking to thousands of Chiang Rai people, the leader of the Pheu Thai Party, Cholnan Srikaew, announced that the party had nominated Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the party’s candidate for the country’s next prime minister. In a campaign rally on Saturday night, at the Plong Wittayakhom School stadium in Thoeng district, which was attended by several
Former leader of the Democrat Party, Chuan Leekpai, has blasted party-hopping politicians for only pursuing self-interest and claimed that some MPs in Thailand’s oldest political party have been offered huge sums of money to switch parties. Chuan, who currently serves as House Speaker, also admitted that he is concerned about a decline in the Democrat
