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As 2024 draws to an end, a tradition among the Thai press corps is the drawing up of a list of funny and satirical nicknames for cabinet ministers and the Thai government as a whole. Keep in mind that these names are often plays on words and are just for fun.
The Cabinet approved new minimum wages today, as recommended by the tri-partite Wage Committee, which will become effective on January 1.
The Council of State has ruled that Kittiratt Na-Ranong is not qualified to be appointed as chairman of the board of the Bank of Thailand, because he used to be an advisor to former prime minister Srettha Thavisin, which is a political position, even though he did not receive a salary for the role, according to Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira.
A nationalist group, led by Manager Group executive Sondhi Limthongkul, threatened today to take legal action against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her Cabinet for their failure to respond to their call for the revocation of MoU 44 and JC 44, signed between Thailand and Cambodia.
Seven parliamentary seats in Chiang Mai province were won by the now defunct Move Forward party in the 2023 general election, but this does not mean that the candidates of its successor, the People’s party, will win in the local elections on February 1st, said Pita Limjaroenrat, former leader of the party.
The Pheu Thai party clinched victory when its candidate, Karn Kalptinan, won the Ubon Ratchathani Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) mayoral election yesterday.
House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha urged Cabinet members today, including the prime minister, to allocate time on Thursdays to respond to verbal interpellations raised by the Opposition.
The prime minister is spending today in the northeastern provinces of Khon Kaen and Maha Sarakham, to follow up on water resources management and to deliver policies to address flood and drought issues.
The Lower House has overwhelmingly voted in favour of a one-tier referendum to amend the Constitution, while the Bhumjaithai party voted against, signalling a widening rift between coalition partners.
Convicted monarchy reform activist Arnon Nampa was sentenced by the Criminal Court today to two years and eight months in prison for an act of lèse majesté. Arnon’s latest conviction for lèse majesté is related to the “Harry Potter” rally at the Democracy Monument on Ratchadamnoen Avenue in Bangkok, held between August 1st and 3rd, 2020.
The Medical Council has launched a comprehensive investigation into the professional conduct of all doctors at the Corrections Department and Police General hospitals who were involved in the diagnosis and treatment of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra since August last year.
Election Commission (EC) Chairman Itthiphol Boonpracong urged former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra today to address voluntarily, in writing or verbally, allegations that he is dominating the Pheu Thai party.
