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In its latest move over the case of 27 Palang Pracharat MPs accused of holding media shares, the party’s legal team has asked the Constitutional Court to dismiss the case on the grounds that the case was not properly submitted to the court. Earlier, the party’s legal team had asked the court not to suspend
Senate speaker Pornpetch Wikchitcholchai has rejected the seven-party opposition bloc’s demand for the House of Representatives to examine the selection process of 250 senators, on the grounds that the House has no right to do so. Instead, he suggested that the Pheu Thai-led Opposition raise the issue with the Constitutional Court which, he said, is
Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam assures that the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is not a caretaker government, but a government with full power to take decisions of national importance until a new government comes into the office. His defence of the legitimacy of General Prayut’s government, citing a provisional clause in the existing
Future Forward party spokeswoman, Ms. Pannika “Chor” Wanich, today expressed regret and offered an apology for what she admitted was an inappropriate act in a pictorial social media post of her and a classmate during a graduation ceremony at Chulalongkorn University almost a decade ago. The post, which shows Ms. Pannika holding a book with
In an exclusive interview with Thai PBS World, Premrudee Daoroung, founder and coordinator of the Project SEVANA South-East Asia, a platform that brings together local and regional activists from various backgrounds in Southeast Asia, said that the attention of ASEAN governments on environmental issues facing the region is worsening. She said that ASEAN civil society
According to an informed army source, Army Commander-in-Chief General Apirat Kongsompong has recommended that his aides and acquaintances listen to an old Thai song called “Kilet Manoot” or (Human Defilement) which, he said, fits the current political situation as politicians squabble over cabinet seats. The essential translated message of the song, sung by Thanin Intharathep,
Future Forward party secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul has accused Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha of violating the Constitution by chairing cabinet meetings last week and yesterday (June 18th). In his Facebook post yesterday he said that General Prayut was appointed the post-election prime minister by a Royal Command dated June 9th, in accordance with Article 158 of the
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said this morning (Tuesday) that the problem of cabinet seat sharing among factions within the Palang Pracharat party has been settled. Asked by reporters about the resentment among the northeastern and southern MPs, because they were not given any cabinet seats, the Prime Minister said that talks had been held with
Islamic leaders in Thailand’s five southern provinces are to meet to discuss the problem of human trafficking of Rohingya through Thailand to a third country, with a proposal that Malaysia should be involved in tackling the problem by cracking down on human trafficking networks in Malaysia. Meanwhile, the 65 Rohingya migrants, who landed on Rawi
The Democrat party today unveiled its team of, what they call, ‘Avengers’ who will help drive the party’s ideas for a new economy. The Avengers team are all people who have experience working with international organizations or are successful executives in the private sector. The head of the team, Mr. Prinn Panitchpakdi, deputy party leader
Cabinet seat sharing in the Palang Pracharat party appears to be far from settled, as resentment still simmers among a group of 19 northeastern MPs who claim they have been left out and are now demanding a “share of the cake”. Mr. Aekkarat Changlao, a party-list MP and self-proclaimed leader of the dissident MPs, said
In a media statement, released on Friday (June 14th), Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that the country is among four from the Asia-Pacific group elected by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The three other countries are China, Bangladesh and South Korea. Thailand received 186
