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After opening on November 1st last year, the Thai parliament is due to go into recess on February 29th. According to the Royal Decree, published in the Royal Gazette today, His Majesty the King issued a Royal Command to end the second parliamentary session on February 29th, marking the completion of a 120 days in
The Thai government’s economic team has been tasked, by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, to work out a Plan B in case the already late disbursement of the fiscal budget is further delayed, possibly until the second quarter, by proceedings in the Constitutional Court to determine the legal status of the bill. The Prime Minister admitted
Ninety government MPs have signed a letter, addressed to parliament president Chuan Leekpai, requesting that the Constitutional Court rule on the legality of the budget bill for the 2020 fiscal year, after at least 2 proxy were cast on the budget bill. Government chief whip, Mr. Wirat Rattanaseth, said today (Wednesday) that the MPs would
Proxy voting by Bhumjaithai MPs, during the recent debate on the Government’s 2020 budget bill, is threatening to render the bill null and void or, at least, to delay the already late disbursement of the budget until May or June. The Senate unanimously passed the budget bill on Tuesday, after it was endorsed by
House Speaker Chuan Leekpai has ordered an investigation into an allegation, made by former Democrat MP Nipit Intharasombat, that a Government Bhumjaithai MP used the ID/Voting card of a fellow MP to vote during the recent fiscal budget debate. Mr. Sorasak Pienvej, secretary-general of the House of Representatives, said today (Tuesday) that he will
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is set to unfold at the Capitol, a contentious proceeding to render judgment on his Ukraine actions as Americans form their own verdict at the start of an election year. As the Senate reconvenes with Chief Justice John Roberts presiding over the rare impeachment court, senators
The Constitutional Court has cleared Future Forward Party of charges that it has attempted to undermine the democratic system under the monarchy. The ruling this morning came as a triumph for the young political party whose leader Thanathorn Jungroongruangkit and its other top executives had prepared for the worst. Future Forward’s supporters gathered at
Leader of Future Forward Party Thanathorn Jungroongruangkit said this afternoon that the Constitutional Court’s ruling that cleared his party from charges that it attempted to undermine the system of constitutional monarchy was a confirmation for it” to march forward”. Speaking to hundreds of supporters at Future Forward’s headquarters shortly after the verdict, Thanathorn said he
All core members and MPs of the Future Forward party will gather at the party’s head office in the Thai Summit Tower on Tuesday to monitor the Constitutional Court’s reading of the verdict on the party and its executive committee. Party spokeswoman Pannika “Chor” Wanich said today that party supporters are welcome to join the
Members and supporters of Future Forward Party have started arriving at the party’s headquarters in the Thai Summit Tower on New Phetchaburi Road to follow the Constitutional Court’s ruling on charges that it has engaged in activities detrimental to the democratic system under the monarchy. An army of journalists have also turned up for
Seven opposition parties are to demand that the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) investigate Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha for allegedly breaching the law on three issues, namely: The Prime Minister failed to state the sources of the Government’s revenue in the Government’s policy statement presented to parliament last year. The Prime Minister failed to recite the
Amnesty International has called on the Thai government to cease its persecution and legal intimidation of the Future Forward party. In a statement, issued today ahead of the Constitutional Court delivering its ruling tomorrow (Tuesday) in the “Illuminati Case” against the Future Forward party, Amnesty International said that the case, and the court’s refusal to
