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Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin appears to be confident that he will survive the Constitutional Court verdict on Wednesday, over his controversial appointment of Phichit Chuenban as PM Office minister, and has a busy schedule lined up.
The Move Forward party was dissolved by the Constitutional Court on August 7th, for attempting to overthrow the constitutional monarchy through their campaign to amend Thailand’s controversial lèse majesté law. The verdict marked the end of Thailand’s most progressive party to date, which won the most seats in the House in the 2023 general election.
Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, leader of the People’s party, the reincarnation of the Move Forward party, announced today that its mission is to form a “government of changes” in 2027, by winning an overall majority in the general election.
The now defunct Move Forward party will officially unveil its new incarnation, named the Prachachon (People) party.
Former red-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan was sentenced to five years in prison today, after being found guilty by the Criminal Court for breaching of national security by exposing a confidential Ministry of Foreign Affairs report. According to the charge sheet, on December 17th, 2009, Jatuporn released the report, marked “top secret”, regarding the Foreign Ministry’s
A group of senators has decided to cancel its plan to solicit support among senators for the issuance of a statement today, voicing their opposition to the potential dissolution of the Move Forward party by the Constitutional Court tomorrow. A key member of the group, Senator Nanthana Nanthawaropas, said today that the group planned to
Former Democratic MPs have criticised a recent meeting between core members of the Move Forward party, the political future of which is uncertain pending a Constitutional Court ruling concerning party dissolution, and foreign envoys as diplomatically inappropriate and as an attempt to interfere in Thailand’s internal affairs. Rachada Dhnadirek, a former Bangkok MP, called for
Election officials in Chiang Mai disqualified a senatorial hopeful this morning, after she failed to show up in time to register her candidacy. She claimed that she had initially gone to the wrong venue. The 68-year-old candidate, whose name was withheld, said she misunderstood that the venue would be the Mae Rim district office, but
A total of 48,117 people have registered their senatorial candidacies across the country in the five days of registration which ended on Friday, according to Sawaeng Boonmee, secretary-general of the Election Commission (EC). Of the 48,226 people who applied for registration, 109 were rejected as unqualified. Sawaeng said that election officials will now re-check
The Central Administrative Court has ordered the Election Commission (EC) to withdraw three regulations regarding the self-introduction of senatorial candidates. They are regulations 7, 8 and 11(2). Regulation 7 states that senatorial candidates can introduce themselves in 2 pages of A4 paper, specifying their personal information, educational background and work experience in whichever of the
Paroled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has categorically refuted any suggestion that the appointment of Phichit Chuenban, his family’s lawyer, as PM’s Office Minister, was a setup to undermine Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. He claims to be just an old man who has no political position or power whatsoever, adding that his role is to
The Constitutional Court voted 6:3 today to accept for consideration a petition, by a group of 40 senators, challenging the legitimacy of the appointment of Phichit Chuenban as PM’s Office minister, but voted 5:4 to reject the senators’ call to suspend Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin pending the court’s final decision. The prime minister was given
