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The former leader, Uttama Savanayana, and the secretary-general, Sontirat Sontijirawong, of the opposition Palang Pracharath party have resigned, citing political uncertainty and concern over the party’s performance.
The Appeals Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling, rejecting former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s request to leave Thailand to attend a banquet for world leaders in Qatar, to be hosted by Amir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in the Lusail palace.
Voters across Thailand are going to the polls today, to elect their municipal mayors and councillors in 76 provinces. His does not include Bangkok, which has a special administrative status and different local election cycle.
A group of senators are considering filing a complaint with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) against the Election Commission, for attaching summonses to the front doors of the homes of several senators, instructing them to report to the EC office by May 19th, to acknowledge charges of electoral collusion.
If the two doctors who were suspended by the Medical Council of Thailand over alleged ethical violations, related to the treatment of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, are from the Police General Hospital, they could face a disciplinary investigation.
The Council board’s decision has reinforced what he said in parliament, that Thaksin was not critically ill during his six-month stay at the Police General Hospital, People’s Party MP Rangsiman Rome said today.
Fifty-three senators from Bangkok and other provinces have been summonsed in connection with electoral collusion and must report to the Election Commission’s Office by May 19.
Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said today that he has 15 days to consider the Medical Council board’s decision to find three doctors at fault for helping former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to be treated in the Police General Hospital for six months, after his return from self-imposed exile abroad in mid-August 2023, thus avoiding serving time in prison.
A People’s Party’s candidate, standing in the municipal council election in the Si Racha district of Chon Buri province, has been disqualified by the provincial Election Commission, after it was discovered that he was sentenced to four years in prison on drug charges almost two decades ago.
The Criminal Court has rejected former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s request for permission to travel to Qatar, to attend a banquet at the Lusail palace, hosted by the Amir of Qatar Sheik Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in honour of President Donald Trump.
The Medical Council decided today to suspend the professional licenses of two doctors for providing false medical information about the severity of the medical condition of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, to justify his stay in the Police General Hospital, from mid-August 2023 until February 2024.
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has confirmed reports that its officers visited the homes of former senatorial candidates in Amnat Charoen province as part of their investigation into alleged criminal association and collusion in the Senate election last year.
