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Former People’s party MP for Chachoengsao province, Jirat Thongsuwan, was sentenced to two years in prison today, after he was found guilty by the Criminal Court on charges of using falsified documents to evade conscription.
The largest segment of NIDA poll respondents remains undecided over whom they will choose as prime minister or which party they will support in the next election.
Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) announced today that a general election will take place on February 8, 2026, following the dissolution of the House of Representatives last week.
People's party leader, Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, announced today that they will field candidates in every constituency across the country in the upcoming general election, that he is confident that it will win a landslide and that it will form the new government.
Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul maintained today that he did not betray the People party or breach the memorandum of agreement (MoA) between his Bhumjaithai and the People parties, but simply accepted the challenge, issued in parliament by People party leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, for him to dissolve the House.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told the US president that Thailand has strictly adhered to the Kuala Lumpur Joint Peace Declaration to restore peace along the border, but it was Cambodia that has violated the agreement.
The Pheu Thai party today described PM Anutin Charnvirakul’s abrupt House dissolution as an attempt to evade scrutiny, calling it proof of the administration’s failures in governing the country.
The government maintains full legal authority to safeguard national security, despite the dissolution of the House of Representatives yesterday, ACM Prapas Sornchaidee, director of the Joint Press Centre for the Thailand–Cambodia Border Situation, said today.
The Anutin administration has resolved to seek the dissolution of the House, as it has faced political tensions in all aspects since taking office in September, making it unable to govern effectively or maintain political stability.
The caretaker government of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul retains most of the powers of a normal government, with the exception of the ability to transfer government officials and to use the budget or the central fund for emergency situations or for new projects that would be binding on the new administration, which require the consent of the Election Commission, Deputy Prime Minister Borwornsak Uwanno explained today.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has dissolved the House to pave the way for a snap general election.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has hit back at the previous Pheu Thai-led government for its lack of courage in dealing with known Cambodian scam bosses, some of whom having taken refuge and established their scam networks in Thailand with impunity.
