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The post-election government will decide whether Thailand will join the US President’s so-called “Board of Peace” and/or the “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict,” Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told the media today.
The Election Commission (EC) will host a Zoom conference from its office tomorrow for two groups of political parties—those supporting an amendment to or the drafting of a new Constitution and those opposing it—to select five representatives from each group.
A Palang Pracharath MP candidate has filed a petition with the election watchdog seeking an investigation into a New Alternative party campaign promise to allow women to have up to four husbands, if it wins the general election.
The Constitutional Court has cleared former deputy prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai and former justice minister Tawee Sodsong of abusing their authority by interfering with the Election Commission’s investigation into the Senate election scandal in 2024.
The Constitutional Court is expected to issue a ruling on Wednesday in a case in which former acting prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai and former justice minister Tawee Sodsong are accused of interfering with the Election Commission in its investigation into the 2024 Senate election scandal.
Jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will become entitled to apply for parole after serving two-thirds of his one-year prison term, which falls in May, the Corrections Department said today.
A complaint was filed today with the Election Commission (EC) by self-appointed whistle-blower Srisuwan Janya, calling for an investigation into the conduct of a Pheu Thai party-list candidate who allegedly misled school students into supporting the party’s efforts to amend the Constitution.
Most respondents to a NIDA Poll in Chiang Mai province support Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, leader of the People’s party, as Thailand’s next prime minister. The party and its constituency candidates are also ahead.
Bangkok may now need to learn to live with China, benefiting from its advanced technologies while protecting its values and not being taken advantage of, said Fuadi Pitsuwan, a lecturer in International Relations at Thammasat University’s Faculty of Political Science.
Healthcare experts are scrutinising parties’ campaign pledges for the February 8 general election to assess whether they will help resolve – or further aggravate – the crisis gripping Thailand’s public healthcare system.
As Thailand grapples with challenges in the rapidly changing global geopolitical landscape, major political parties are fielding former career diplomats on the frontlines of the 2026 general election without offering a meaningfully different foreign policy.
