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Parliamentary whips from both sides are expected to continue discussing the Opposition’s proposal for an extension, into next week, of the budget bill debate for the 2020 fiscal year. The original scheduled called for the debate to end tonight (Friday). Opposition chief whip, Suthin Klangsaeng, repeated today that there was no way that the Opposition
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Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai was criticized by opposition MPs in parliament today over his controversial claim about receiving advance notice of the US drone attack, which killed an Iranian military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, in Baghdad, as both Opposition and Government MPs sought to cut the Foreign Ministry’s budget for the 2020 fiscal year. On
The Thai Government’s proposed 120 billion baht (~US$ 3.94Bn) defence budget for 2020 fiscal year sailed through its second and third readings in the House of Representatives late Wednesday night, after about three hours of debate. MPs from both sides of the House called for cuts in the amount of tax payer’s money being handed
Thailand’s Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai has come under heavy criticism for his public claim on Tuesday that the United States had informed Thailand in advance about the drone attack that killed General Qasem Soleimani, Iranian commander of the elite Quds force, at Baghdad airport on January 3rd. United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) chairman
The organizing committee of the “Wing Lai Loong” (Run against Dictatorship) event, scheduled for this Sunday at the Rodfai (Railway) park, has invited Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and cabinet ministers to participate. Some members of the committee visited Government House on Tuesday morning to deliver their invitation letter, which was received by Mr. Sompass Nilaphan,
The House of Representatives, this morning, began debating the second and third readings of the much-delayed 3.22 trillion baht budget bill for 2020 fiscal year, under the chairmanship of House Speaker Chuan Leekpai. The debate is scheduled to take for 45 hours over 3 days, with each MP being allocated 7-10 minutes of speaking
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said it will remove deepfakes and other manipulated videos from its platform if they have been edited, but not content that is parody or satire, in a move aimed at curbing misinformation ahead of the U.S. presidential election. The social media giant would also remove misleading media if it
The Thai government has called on all parties in the intensifying US-Iran not to escalate the situation. In a statement, released today (Monday) by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Thai government said it has been monitoring the events with grave concern. The statement said that Thailand joins the international community in calling on all
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has appealed to all Thais, regardless of their political differences and affiliations, to stop bickering and spreading hatred against one another, and make use of the mechanism of democracy to help build the country. In his unscripted speech to the media at Government House today, the Prime Minister said that, as
Most respondents to a recent poll agree with House Speaker Chuan Leekpai’s suggestion that, if the Constitution is to be amended, the five military top brass and the national police chief should not be appointed ex-officio senators. According to Super Poll, 75.4% of the respondents agree that the six key figures, namely the supreme commander,
The Palang Pracharat party is to embark on a charm offensive by holding a news conference every Sunday to talk about the week’s issues of public interest, progress in projects undertaken by the party’s cabinet ministers and constituency problems raised by MPs. Party secretary-general and Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said today (Sunday) that the party’s
