PM to chair Pheu Thai party meeting in Hua Hin on Friday
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will take a day away from matters of government this Friday, so she can chair a general meeting of the Pheu Thai Party in Hua Hin.
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Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will take a day away from matters of government this Friday, so she can chair a general meeting of the Pheu Thai Party in Hua Hin.
Pheu Thai party-list MP Prayut Siripanich has agreed to withdraw his draft bill, aimed at amending the Ministry of Defence Organisation Act to prevent the military from staging coups to topple Thai governments in the future.
People’s Party MP Rukchanok Srinork remains free on bail today, after the Criminal Court rejected a petition seeking withdraw of her bail for allegedly violating its conditions by defaming the monarchy again.
A Thai nationalist group, led by former right-wing protest leaders Sondhi Limthongkul and Panthep Puapongpan, called on the government today to scrap MoU 44 between Thailand and Cambodia, and a related joint communique signed by then prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen, within 15 days or they will stage street protests.
In nationally televised address on Thursday, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her cabinet will provide details of the government’s performance over the past three months and explain its plans for the direction of the country in 2025.
The Corrections Department has released Apichart Chansakulporn, a former top executive of Siam Indica Company, and placed him on probation under the department’s imprisonment suspension program.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law last night, which was lifted shortly after imposition, should cause Thailand to reflect on similar laws and whether the exercise of such power by the executive branch should be checked by the legislature, said People’s Party MP Rangsiman Rome today.
Former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom reported to the Office of Probation in Chiang Mai this morning, after being released from prison on Monday under an imprisonment suspension program.
Among the big names jailed over the controversial rice-pledging scheme, launched during the Yingluck Shinawatra’s administration, only Apichart Chansakulporn remains in prison.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will ask the cabinet tomorrow about a visit to the south, to meet people affected by the heavy flooding, government spokesperson Jirayu Huangsap said today.
Boonsong Teriyapirom, the former commerce minister jailed for 48 years for his role in the fake government-to-government (G2G) agreements in the controversial rice-pledging scheme during the Yingluck Shinawatra administration, will be released on parole today.
The Cabinet approved, in principle, an increase in the cost of living subsidy for the elderly and disabled today, to a maximum of Bt1,250, from the current Bt1,000.