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Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that the formation of the coalition government, comprising Bhumjaithai, Pheu Thai and 13 minor parties, which collectively command 291 votes in the House of Representatives, is complete.
Former Move Forward MP for Rayong province, Nakornchai Khunnarong, was sentenced by the Rayong Provincial Court to one year in prison without suspension today after it found him guilty of standing in the 2023 election while knowing that he was disqualified from doing so
His Majesty the King will preside over the official opening of parliament on March 14th, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced today during a seminar for Bhumjaithai party MPs in Buri Ram province.
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has issued a summons for Kla Tham Party MP for Songkhla province, Chonnapat Naksua, to report to the DSI next Wednesday to acknowledge charges in connection with an online gambling platform.
Only highly competent and well-recognised individuals should be appointed to head key ministries to strengthen the government’s credibility and stability, two leading economists said on Reporters' Day.
The Election Commission (EC) announced the endorsement of 100 party-list MPs and three additional constituency MPs today.
The Election Commission (EC) has lodged complaints with the Crime Suppression Division against six individuals, including Parit Wacharasindhu, spokesman for the People’s party, and former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn, accusing them of obstructing election officials in the performance of duties, inciting public unrest, being members of a criminal organisation and illegal disclosure of confidential information without authorisation.
The Bhumjaithai Party has decided to abandon the 10:1 quota system for the allocation of cabinet seats among coalition partners, according to well-informed party sources.
Imprisoned former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will become eligible for release on parole in May and whether he will be required to wear an electronic monitoring device will be decided by a sentence reduction panel, according to a statement issued yesterday by the Corrections Department.
Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) appears to be in hot water again. This time it is over the use of new ballot papers used in the fresh elections held in constituencies where February 8th results were nullified.
Thailand’s top legal expert, former deputy prime minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, says that the coded ballot sheets used in the February 8 general election may have been a violation of the Constitution and may lead to the nullification of the election.
Self-proclaimed whistleblower Srisuwan Janya has asked the Election Commission (EC) to consider dissolving the People’s Party, accusing it of running a dubious “information operation” through a company called Spectre C, in violation of election law.
