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Thousands of anti-government demonstrators rallied at the Victory Monument in Bangkok on Saturday, demanding Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra step down after a leaked diplomatic phone call with Cambodia’s Hun Sen stirred public outrage over her leadership.
United Thai Nation (UTN) leader Pirapan Salirathavibhaga is under fire for his party’s decision to stay with Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s government despite the border dispute scandal engulfing the prime minister.
About 1,300 police officers will be deployed at and around the Victory Monument to maintain peace and security during a mass rally tomorrow, being staged to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Pol Lt-Gen Archayon Kraithong, spokesman for the Royal Thai Police, said on Friday.
Protesters from Bangkok and several provinces are streaming into the Victory Monument area this morning to join a rally, organised by the “Ruam Palang Paendin Pokpong Atippatai Thai” (United Force to Protect Thai Sovereignty), to demand the resignation of the Thai PM over the content of a leaked conversation between her and Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has agreed to set up a committee to investigate the conduct of Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong and director-general of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), Pol Maj Yutthana Praedam, over their probe into alleged collusion in the Senate elections.
The government will ask the Lower House to postpone the tabling the draft bill on the entertainment complex, when it sits on July 3rd, to allow more time to improve the public’s understanding of the proposal, Deputy Transport Minister Manaporn Charoensri said today.
President of the Constitutional Court Nakharin Mektrairat has admitted that he feels “heavy-hearted’ that the court will have to consider the case regarding the leaked conversation between Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen.
The Bhumjaithai party has invited its opposition partners to support its motion to the House Speaker, seeking a no-confidence debate against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her ministers when parliament reconvenes on July 3.
Bhumjaithai party leader Anutin Charnvirakul says that his relationship with former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is not the same as it was, following his party’s recent withdrawal from the coalition government.
The proposed new Cabinet line-up has been completed and authorities concerned are conducting background checks on all the ministerial candidates, before the list is submitted for Royal assent, said Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra today.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has set a three-month deadline for relevant agencies to make material progress in their efforts to deal with transnational scam operations in Cambodia.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra thanked representatives of the six coalition parties today, which have agreed to remain with the government, following the withdrawal of the Bhumjaithai party.
