Abhisit announces return to lead Democrat party
Former Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva announced his political comeback to Thailand’s oldest political party today, one day ahead of the party’s general assembly to elect a new leader.
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Former Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva announced his political comeback to Thailand’s oldest political party today, one day ahead of the party’s general assembly to elect a new leader.
Former Pheu Thai party leader Sompong Amornvivat has quit the party, apparently out of frustration over his diminishing role and interference by a “powerful figure” in all decision making, especially the selection of candidates for elections.
State Railways of Thailand (SRT) filed lawsuits today with the Buri Ram court, demanding the revocation of the land title deeds to nine plots in Khao Kradueng, in the Muang district of Buri Ram province, on the grounds that the land, as determined by the Central Administrative Court, belongs to the SRT.
People's party MP Chutiphong Pipoppinyo challenged Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today over his apparent reluctance to deal harshly with some key figures in Cambodia-based transnational scam networks taking refuge in Thailand.
The parliament voted 300:287 last night in favour of the parliamentary scrutiny committee considering the People's party’s constitutional amendments draft bill, in preference to the draft submitted by the Bhumjaithai party.
Deputy prime minister in charge of legal affairs, Dr. Borwornsak Uwanno, unveiled the tentative timeline today for the dissolution of the House, the passage of a new Constitution, the general election and the referendum to seek public approval of the new charter.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul lost his balance while getting off a helicopter during his observation visit to flooded areas in Phichit province yesterday.
Former minister of social development and human development Varawut Silpa-archa said today that he is still committed to staying with Chart Thai Pattana Party amid rumour he has been approached to be one of Pheu Thai Party’s potential prime ministerial candidates in the next election.
Pheu Thai party leader, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, has vowed to rejuvenate the party through a major internal overhaul, to enable its party members to exploit their full capabilities and to welcome newcomers of all ages to re-establish itself as a party that delivers hope to the people.
The Governor of the State Railways of Thailand, Veeris Ammarapala, has resigned, effective October 30, after being in the office since September 19 last year.
The cabinet approved the co-payment scheme today, which is scheduled to run from October 29th through December 31st, under which Thai citizens, aged 16 and up, will be entitled to have a one-time payment of 2,400 baht each for those already in the tax system and 2,000 baht each for those outside the tax system wired into their accounts via the “pao tang” or “thung ngern” applications.
Five former leaders of the now defunct United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), otherwise known as the ‘red-shirt’ movement, were sentenced to four years and four months in prison today by the Criminal Court, for leading the violent protests against the government of then prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva between January 31st and April 13th, 2009.