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Bank of Thailand (BOT) Governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput insists that the central bank must be independent in the performance of its duties, to maintain its credibility and monetary stability, even though, in so doing, it may conflict with the economic cycle and may have widespread impacts both positive and negative.
Former spokesman for the Pheu Thai party, Prompong Nopparit, filed a complaint with House Speaker Wan Muhamad Matha today, demanding an investigation into the parliamentary attendance of Palang Pracharath party leader General Prawit Wongsuwan.
The cabinet approved the scheme today, under which 14.5 million vulnerable and disabled Thais will be the first each to receive the 10,000 baht cash benefit, which will be wired into their bank accounts between September 25 and 30, said Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will attend the third Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) leaders’ meeting in Doha, Qatar early next month, according to a diplomatic source.
Pheu Thai party’s candidate Jadet Jantar defeated Natachanon Chanaburanasak of the People’s party in the by-election in Constituency 1 of Phitsanuloke on Sunday.
Recent deadly floods in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district may have subsided, but the urgent need for effective water management and disaster prevention has never been higher.
Jirayu Houngsub, 55, a veteran Pheu Thai MP, is tipped to become the new spokesperson for the Paetongtarn Shinawatra administration.
The polls have opened in the by-election in Phitsanulok province’s Constituency 1, to replace Padipat Suntiphada of the now-defunct Move Forward party, who was stripped of his MP status by the Constitutional Court.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and several of her minsters will fly to Chiang Rai province on Friday to visit flood victims. The provincial governor has been instructed not to organise any reception event for her, because she does not want any resources diverted from helping the victims.
People’s party leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut told parliament today that the past year, under the Srettha Thavisin administration, was a “total waste”.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra outlined ten of her government’s policies for immediate implementation in her formal statement to a joint session of parliament this morning.
Thamanat’s 1994 drug-smuggling conviction in Australia may have become a stumbling block in the new ethics clampdown, so the seat went to Akkara, a local politician from their native Phayao province.
