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More than 93% of respondents say that they object to the prime minister remaining in office after eight years, according to an opinion survey, conducted via phone, by a group of lecturers from eight universities, in collaboration with eight digital TV stations and online media. 374,063 votes, including from 4,579 Thais living abroad, were received
Chuan Leekpai, President of Thailand’s National Assembly and House Speaker, is expected to submit the opposition parties’ petition to the Constitutional Court today (Monday), to seek a ruling on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s 8-year term in the office, claimed by the Opposition and some academics to come to an end on August 24th this year.
Political activist groups rallied again today (Sunday) at the Democracy Monument, to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha by August 24th, contending that his 8-year term in the office is due to end on that date. The groups are also demanding that the Constitutional Court issue a ruling on the prime minister’s term
Thailand’s ombudsman has rejected a petition, filed by political activist Srisuwan Janya demanding that the ombudsman seek a ruling from the Constitutional Court over Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s 8-year term in office, on the grounds that it has no authority to do so. The ombudsman decided, at a meeting held yesterday (Wednesday), that the authority
Thailand’s opposition parties submitted a petition, through House Speaker Chuan Leekpai today (Wednesday), to seek the Constitutional Court’s ruling on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s 8-year term in office. Signed by 171 opposition MPs, the petition was submitted by opposition and Pheu Thai leader Chonlanan Srikaew. In the letter, the opposition referred to when Prayut was
A group of 51 law lecturers from 15 universities have submitted an open letter, addressed to the president and judges of the Constitutional Court, insisting that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s 8-year term in office is due to come to an end on August 24th. The group cited Article 158 (paragraph 4) of the Constitution B.E.
Now that the bill that would benefit small political parties with a greater chance of winning party list MP seats in the next general elections has been killed, things will go back to square one. Parliament President Chuan Leekpai tried his best to give legislators their last chance to vote on the bill by calling
Palang Pracharath party-list MP Watanya Bunnag, aka “Madame Dear”, announced her resignation as a member of parliament and from the party this morning (Tuesday), apparently in a show of responsibility for the “saddening” incident in the parliament yesterday, when the joint sitting of the parliament was adjourned due to the lack of a quorum. The
Thailand’s Criminal Court sentenced a musician who is also a member of the pro-democracy group to six years in prison today (Monday) after finding him guilty of lèse majesté over three Facebook posts he made in 2016. He was granted bail on 300,000 baht surety by the court under the condition he does not travel
An election bill designed to benefit small political parties with a better chance of winning party-list MP seats in the next general elections was effectively killed this morning after the Parliament failed to muster a quorum for a vote on it. The special joint parliamentary session of MPs and members of the Senate was called by
The Progressive Movement’s candidate won Samut Prakan’s Dan Samrong sub-district’s mayoral by-election yesterday (Sunday) in the unofficial count, beating the runner up by more than 2,000 votes. The candidate, Paisan Weerachartwattana, will succeed his uncle Sompong, who died earlier. After learning the unofficial result, the mayor-elect thanked voters in the sub-district for having faith in
Thailand’s core opposition party, Pheu Thai, will stay away from the joint special sitting of the House and Senate tomorrow (Monday), being convened to deliberate the final reading of the bill to amend the method used for thecalculation of party-list seats, the party’s spokesperson Teerarat Samretwanich said today. She also said, however, that, if there
