By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI CANDIDATE FOR PRIME minister Srettha Thavisin was today (Aug.22) given overwhelming votes to rise to power whilst ironically de facto party boss Thaksin Shinawatra was put in jail hours earlier. In today’s joint House/Senate meeting, Srettha was given 482 yea votes from lawmakers to become prime minister, compared to
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Thaksin gets 8 years’ jail in 3 cases
PHEU THAI Party de facto boss/former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was swiftly taken to the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions at Sanam Luang after his arrival at Don Mueang Airport at 9 a.m. this morning (Aug. 22) where he was sentenced to a total of eight years’ imprisonment in three
Read moreThaksin has arrived at Don Mueang Airport
PHEU THAI Party de facto boss/former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s private airplane Gulf Stream G650 landed at Don Mueang Airport at 9.05 a.m. this morning (Aug. 22) after taking taking off from Seletar Airport, Singapore, at 7 a.m., Naewna newspaper quoted Flightradar website as saying moments after the airplane touched down. Meanwhile the Straits Times
Read moreMore than half the senators likely to vote Srettha for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MORE THAN HALF the senators will likely vote in support of Pheu Thai candidate for prime minister Srettha Thavisin today (Aug.22), according to a source associated with senatorial whips. Srettha will likely get more than enough votes to become the country’s 30th prime minister in today’s joint House/Senate meeting as
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