Hotelier CEO poised for commerce portfolio
Dusit Thani CEO Suphajee Suthumpun is tipped to become commerce minister in the new Cabinet. She said today that the time ahead will be both challenging and crucial, as the country must keep moving forward.
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Dusit Thani CEO Suphajee Suthumpun is tipped to become commerce minister in the new Cabinet. She said today that the time ahead will be both challenging and crucial, as the country must keep moving forward.
The Constitutional Court voted 6:1 today, ruling that three referenda are required for the drafting of a new constitution.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra says he accepts the Supreme Court’s decision, ordering him to serve one year in prison, saying that “although every case against me arose after the coup that ousted my government in 2006, today I choose to look forward, to bringing closure to what has passed, both the legal battles and the conflicts connected to me.”
Latest reports indicate that Gen. Nattaphon Nakpanich, the current caretaker deputy defence minister, appointed under previous administrations, will remain in Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s government, but this time as the defence minister.
Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was transferred from Bangkok Remand Prison to Klong Prem Central Prison today, to begin his one-year sentence after the Supreme Court ruled by 5:0 votes that its one-year sentence has not been enforced by the Corrections Department.
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions ruled today that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s six-month stay in the Police General Hospital (PGH), on the basis of claimed life-threatening illnesses, was unlawful and unjustified and ordered him to be taken back to the Bangkok Remand Prison to serve his 1-year sentence.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra said today that the Supreme Court’s order for her father, Thaksin Shinawatra, to serve a one-year prison term marks a historic moment, as it is the first time a former prime minister has been imprisoned.
Ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived this morning to attend a Supreme Court ruling concerning his controversial six-month stay at the Police General Hospital last year.
People’s party MP, Sirilapas Kongtrakarn, has criticised a female news personality for making fun of her depression during a livestream of the prime ministerial vote last Friday.
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions today ruled that the transfer of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra to the Police General Hospital for treatment outside prison was unlawful, and that the time he spent there could not be counted toward his prison term.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived in Bangkok this afternoon from Singapore, a day before he is scheduled to attend the reading of the Supreme Court’s decision in his controversial six-month hospital stay while serving a prison sentence.
Borwornsak Uwanno, a constitutional law expert, has agreed to serve as deputy prime minister in charge of legal affairs in Anutin Charnvirakul’s administration.