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Spareparts are usually unseen, but if you happen to need them you are glad you have them. Somkid Jatusripitak is like that. News that he would be in the Palang Pracharat Party’s prime ministerial nomination list should not overexcite anyone. The deputy prime minister should be thought of like what he really is — something
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today there will be no cabinet reshuffle following the resignations of four ministers who are core members of the pro-junta Palang Pracharat party and declared that he will seek to return to power only through election. Prayut openly ruled out the possibility that he might exploit the provisional clause of
An anti-junta activist and critic Aekkachai Hongkangwan today filed a complaint with Lat Phrao police, claiming his car was set afire by an unidentified man early this morning. Aekkachai said he was informed by a neighbor at about 9 am that his car, which was parked in front of his house in Lat Phrao area,
The Election Commission is not certain that it will be able to announce the election results within May 9 as it earlier pledged, EC chairman Itthiporn Boonprakong said today. However, he stressed that the election agency will do its best to announce the results of the March 24 election as quickly as possible. May 9
Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang has been authorized to take necessary steps to suspend activities that are contributing to the worsening air pollution in Bangkok. In the meantime, the Pollution Control Department predicted that a new round of cold front would envelope upper Thailand, including the central region, and this would cause the amount of PM2.5
Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak will be one of the three prime ministerial candidates of the pro-Prayut Palang Pracharat Party, party leader Uttama Savanayana said Thursday. But Uttama stopped short of saying whether Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha will also be a candidate. He insisted that no formal approach has been made with Prayut so
Malaysia can pick up something from the method implemented in Thailand in tackling the issue of neglected children and babies and those without citizenships, said Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, according to Bernama news agency. It quoted Wan Azizah, who is also Women, Family and Community Development Minister, as
The Palang Pracharat Party which supports Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha’s return as prime minister today unveiled its ambitious so-called “7-7-7” policies that seek to, among others, carry on and expand the incumbent government’s various populist schemes ranging from welfare for the poor, and cheap housing to debt reliefs for laborers and farmers. Palang Pracharat leader Uttama
The long-awaited Royal Decree on the election of members of the parliament has been promulgated today after it was signed by His Majesty the King and published in the Royal Gazette. The promulgation of the decree marks a significant step for the election date to be set within five days by the Election Commission as
The Election Commission has set Sunday, March 24 as the date for the long-awaited general election. The commission made the decision during an urgently-called meeting only hours after the Royal Decree on election of members of Parliament was promulgated this morning. Speaking after the meeting, EC chairman Itthiporn Boonprakong said the seven election commissioners decided
Fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra claimed she has washed her hands off politics because she has suffered enough from her political role in the past. In her Twitter post today, she denied a report in the Thai newspapers that she had nominated a former minister to become Pheu Thai party’s candidate for prime minister,
Peace talks between the Thai Government and the southern Thai separatist groups could take up to three years, Malaysian dialogue facilitator Abdul Rahim Noor, said in an interview. Calling the negotiations a “very long process,” Rahim, who is playing the role of facilitator in the talks, said that each of the separatist groups in the
