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The executive committee of the Democrat party has scheduled a meeting on Thursday to prepare for the election of the new party leader, to replace Chalermchai Sri-on who resigned recently citing health problems.
Female employees in Thailand will be entitled to maternity leave of up to 120 days under the Labour Protection Amendments bill, which passed the Senate today.
Pheu Thai candidate Sanga Prommuang won the by-election in Chiang Rai’s Constituency 7, after 94.74% of the votes had been counted last night.
Ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra, who is serving a jail term at Khlong Prem Central Prison, today received his first family visit after completing a five-day quarantine.
Ex-prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said today that her family’s life “has many flavours,” after visiting her father Thaksin in prison and talking to him through a glass partition.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will receive his first prison visit tomorrow, after completing a mandatory five-day quarantine at Klong Prem Central Prison, said Pol Lt-Col Chen Kanchanapat, deputy director general of the Corrections Department.
Former Democrat party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, who resigned from the party two years ago, is allowed, under the party’s rules, to run for the leadership again, following the resignation of Chalermchai Sri-on, said former party spokesman Ramate Rattanachaweng today.
Democrat Party leader Chalermchai Sri-on has submitted his resignation, citing health problems that prevented him from fully carrying out his duties and could cause damage to the party.
The Election Commission (EC) has dismissed a petition seeking the dissolution of six political parties, for allegedly allowing themselves to be dominated by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the creation of and during the coalition government, led by then prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
When Thananon “Jaa” Niramit chose to follow her heart a few years ago, she could hardly imagine her love story would place her under Thailand’s brightest spotlight. Today, the 39-year-old entrepreneur is the wife of the country’s new prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul.
The Constitutional Court today rejected three petitions, submitted separately by Pheu Thai MPs, including former prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, challenging the legitimacy of the court’s ruling on August 29th removing her as prime minister, over the phone conversation between her and Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra had a good night’s sleep on the first night of his one year in Klong Prem Central Prison and appeared to have adjusted to the prison environment, according to a prison’s report.
