By Thai Newsroom Reporters ALL MPs AND OTHER electoral contestants are being cautioned to never have any pictures of themselves posing side by side with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha distributed anywhere otherwise they may be charged with illegal campaigning, according to former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn. Somchai today (Dec.20) posted on his Facebook page
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Anutin shrugs off party dissolution bid over free-marijuana campaign
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI PARTY leader Anutin Charnvirakul today (Oct. 18) shrugged off a reported plan of the opposition bloc to file an unprecedented lawsuit against the second-largest coalition party over their free-marijuana campaign. Anutin who concurrently performs as deputy prime minister-cum-public health minister contended that his party’s electoral campaign to legalise the
Read moreNot yet time for Palang Pracharath to start campaigning: Prawit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER-cum-Palang Pracharath party leader Prawit Wongsuwan today (Sept. 20) commented that the time for the largest coalition partner to go on an electoral campaign trail anywhere has not arrived yet. Prawit categorically dismissed criticism that he and his Palang Pracharath Party had already managed to woo popularity among
Read moreAnother gigantic roadside sign featuring Prawit spotted in Buengkarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ANOTHER COLOSSAL ROADSIDE sign featuring caretaker Prime Minister-cum-Palang Pracharath party leader Prawit Wongsuwan has been spotted in downtown Buengkarn with an attached note literally soliciting legal leniency for its existence. The vinyl billboard features an enlarged picture of the mask-wearing Prawit, the ruling party’s logo and catchphrases about a watershed
Read morePalang Pracharath Party blasted for using welfare cards to wins votes
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH Party was today (Sept. 19) taken to task for using state welfare cards in “utterly disgusting” fashion to muster popularity among constituents in the provinces well ahead of the next general election. Deputy Pheu Thai Party secretary-general Khunakorn Preechachanachai alleged that the largest coalition partner had obviously resorted
Read moreEvery party’s vote-wooing roadside signs everywhere: Chaiwut
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH party is not the only one that may currently have gigantic signs featuring the party’s top leader and logo set up along the roads in the provinces to muster popular support for the next general election, said Digital Economy & Society Minister Chaiwut Tanakhamanusorn today (Sept. 17). Not
Read moreReset Thailand drive launched to rewrite charter, rein in senators
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD PARTY today (Sept. 8) launched Reset Thailand campaign to have the whole constitution rewritten and keep senators out of the legislative process for the picking of head of a post-election government. Move Forward top leader Pita Limjaroenrat announced at parliament today his opposition party has launched a resetthailand.org
Read moreSouthern fishermen sail to Bangkok to urge protection of juvenile aquatic animals
SOUTHERN fishermen from Pattani and other provinces reached Bangkok today (June 6) after sailing a long distance to mount their “Fried mackerel and shrimp paste sauce” campaign aimed at stopping the catching and selling of juvenile aquatic animals, Sanook.com said. They have prepared a petition to submit to relevant agencies to formulate policies and announce
Read moreCampaign to abolish Section 112 gets over 100,000 supporters
AN ONLINE signature campaign launched yesterday (Nov. 5) and supported by Progressive Movement chairman Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit to petition for the abolition of lese majeste law, better known as Criminal Code Section 112, was signed by 102,528 as of 11.50 a.m. today, Thai Post newspaper said. In their message about this campaign the Progressive Movement, of
Read moreNo uniform campaign gets underway at many schools
SOME students did come to school in casual clothes today (Dec. 1) the first day of the second semester as called upon by several groups to do so in order to claim dress freedom, Amarin TV reported this morning. Two key groups that had pushed this campaign are KKC student affiliate network and the “bad
Read moreDomino’s New Zealand drops ‘free pizza for Karen’ offer after backlash
By BBC DOMINO’S Pizza has dropped a promotion offering free pizza to women named Karen after it was met with a backlash. In recent years, the name “Karen” has been used as an insult to describe white middle-aged women who are perceived to be obnoxious or racist. The pizza franchise’s New Zealand arm initially said
Read moreKing Power ropes in Leicester City FC to promote ‘Thailand Smiles with You’ drive
GLOBALLY popular Leicester City Football Club is now promoting Thailand through the collaboration between King Power Group and Tourism and Sports Ministry plus Tourism Authority of Thailand and will be spreading Thai smiles worldwide to send support and care from the Thai people to all others in these dark days of coronavirus. The “Thailand Smiles
Read moreKing Power ropes in Leicester City FC to promote ‘Thailand Smiles with You’ campaign
G GLOBALLY popular Leicester City Football Club is now promoting Thailand through the collaboration between King Power Group and Tourism and Sports Ministry plus Tourism Authority of Thailand and will be spreading Thai smiles worldwide to send support and care from the Thai people to all others in these dark days of coronavirus. The “Thailand
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