Prayut government faces first censure debate
The Prayut government has been in office for only seven months but is already facing its biggest political trial. It will be subject to a no-confidence debate by the opposition on Feb 24-26.
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The Prayut government has been in office for only seven months but is already facing its biggest political trial. It will be subject to a no-confidence debate by the opposition on Feb 24-26.
The opposition Pheu Thai party will not vote or participate in the debate on the budget bill when it is resubmitted to the House of Representatives for deliberation in the second and third readings on Thursday. Key members of the party, led by party leader Sompong Amornvivat, met today (Tuesday) and agreed to submit an
Grudge and weaponry expertise can be a very bad mix, as proven tragically in the case of Sergeant Major Jakrapanth Thomma, the gunman in what is Thailand’s first massive random shooting spree. He had been apparently one of the normal low-ranking soldiers. His background was nothing extraordinary either. He spent his childhood in Chaiyaphum and
The US Embassy in Thailand has expressed condolences to the victims and families injured and killed in the shootings in and around Terminal 21 shopping mall in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, which began on Saturday night and ended with the gunman’s death early this morning. The statement reads: “The Embassy of the United
A former election commissioner has addressed about why the nine Constitutional Court judges did not read from the bench the full text of their ruling on the legality Government’s budget bill, after proxy voting by MPs was discovered. In his Facebook post today, Mr. Somchai Sirsutthiyakorn said that the charter court judges did not have
Former Pheu Thai MP Wattana Muangsook has challenged the legitimacy of Friday’s ruling by the Constitutional Court, which states that the 3.2 trillion baht budget bill for the 2020 fiscal year is legal but orders the House of Representatives to debate and vote again on the bill’s the second and third readings. Writing in his
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that he will ask western embassies to advise their citizens visiting Thailand to wear protective face masks in public places, and in crowds, for safety. The minister, who is campaigning to get the public to wear face masks, offered an apology on his Facebook page today, after his
The House of Representatives is scheduled to convene on February 13th to consider the 3.2 trillion baht budget bill for second and third readings, after the Constitutional Court ruled today that the bill is legal, despite evidence of proxy voting. The Court decided by a majority that the budget bill is legal, except for those
Pressure on the Thai Government was somewhat eased today when the Constitutional Court voted 5:3 to rule that 3 votes, in favour of the 3.2 trillion baht budget in parliament, which had been cast in absentia did not render the bill null and void. The court also ordered the House of Representatives to arrange
The public prosecutors have delayed a decision, until March 17th, over whether indict Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and four other individuals for their alleged role in staging the flash mob on Pathumwan skywalk, in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Gallery, on December 14th. The other four individuals are Future Forward
The Criminal Court has postponed the reading of the verdict of the Supreme Court against five core members of the red-shirt movement, also known as the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), until April 30th. The cases relate their roles in the siege of the official residence General Prem Tinsulanonda, the late president of
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal Wednesday in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in American history with votes that split the country, tested civic norms and fed the tumultuous 2020 race for the White House. With Chief Justice John Roberts presiding, senators sworn to do