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Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said that the anticipated ruling by the Constitutional Court today will not have any impact on him, because he has been to heaven and hell before and he is now back on Earth.
The Constitutional Court rejected a petition against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the ruling Pheu Thai party today, which accused them of attempting to overthrow constitutional democracy.
The Office of Attorney-General (OAG) has rejected a petition, filed recently by political activist Thirayuth Suwankesorn with the Constitutional Court, demanding a probe into the conduct of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai party over alleged attempts to upend constitutional democracy in Thailand.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has reiterated his confidence that his younger sister, fugitive former premier Yingluck Shinawatra, will return to Thailand around April next year.
The opposition People’s party is ready challenge the ruling Pheu Thai party in the PAO mayoral elections, scheduled for February 1, and is not worried by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s campaigning in support of Pheu Thai candidates, Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, People’s party leader, said today.
Former actor Rattapoom Tokongsup has quit the Palang Pracharath party, effective November 15, after being implicated in an extortion case.
Thai Pakdee Party’s advisory chairman Warong Dechgitvigrom has submitted a petition to the chairman of the Election Commission (EC), demanding an investigation into former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s public statements during campaign rallies in Udon Thani province last week, which, he claims, show that Thaksin is dominating the ruling Pheu Thai party.
Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has dismissed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s claim that the now defunct Move Forward party’s exclusion from the coalition government led by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin stems from the party’s refusal to tone down its demand for amendment of the lèse majesté law.
The Finance Ministry will consider giving a 10,000 baht cash benefit to Thai people who are over 60 but do not hold state welfare cards, as suggested by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra during his election campaigning in Udon Thani province yesterday.
The hopes of embattled Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn to return to the police service were dashed today by the general assembly of Supreme Administrative Court judges, who rejected his petition challenging the legitimacy of his dismissal from the service.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra took to the stage to address a large crowd at Sri Nakharam Temple in the Kumphwapi district of Udon Thani yesterday, as he campaigned in support of Sarawut Phetphanomporn, a candidate in the Udon Thani Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) mayoral election.
Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra asked expat Thais in the United States, who have a good education, technical knowhow or professional expertise, to return to Thailand to help in national development, said Government Spokesman Jirayu Houngsub today.
