By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL Court today (Sep.28) ruled the general election for MPs held earlier this year was deemed constitutional and legitimate as opposed to being otherwise declared null and void as many people may have more or less anticipated. The Constitutional Court judges resolved to declare as constitutional and legitimate the
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People urged to keep an eye on Constitutional Court ruling over election’s validity
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MEMBERS OF THE public were encouraged today (Sep.25) to keep an eye on the upcoming Monday’s (Sep.28) historical phenomenon over the general election held earlier this year to see if it may be judged as null and void by the Constitutional Court, thus automatically, immediately depriving all elected lawmakers and
Read moreExecutive decree for 400 billion baht borrowed funding judged constitutional
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI-LED government’s executive decree to streamline a maximum of 400 billion baht in borrowed funding was today (July 9) judged by the Constitutional Court as constitutional, thus warranting the already implemented economic and energy salvage schemes under the controversial law for which legislators have yet to pass approval in
Read moreConstitutional Court accepts barcode/QR code-riddled polling case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL Court today (March 18) accepted a lawsuit filed in pursuit of judgment as to whether last month’s general election be declared null and void due to the questionable existence of barcodes and QR codes on voting ballots. The nine Constitutional Court judges voted 6:3 to resolve to accept
Read moreUnofficial results by 11 p.m.: Polling agency
THE Election Commission said today’s (Feb. 8) general election plus national referendum on whether a new constitution should be created was orderly this morning particularly in the northeastern and southern border provinces with unofficial results likely by 11 p.m. but sooner if counting proceeds smoothly, TV Channel 7 said. Mr. Sawaeng Boonmee, EC’s secretary-general,
Read morePaetongtarn ousted as PM by Constitutional Court over unethical, dishonest deal with Hun Sen
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra was today (Aug.29) impeached and deposed as head of government by the Constitutional Court for evidently perpetrating conduct in severe breach of ethics and in sheer lack of evident honesty during last June’s leaked cellphone chitchat between senior Cambodian leader Hun Sen and herself. The Constitutional
Read moreDissolution of Constitutional Court solution to political ills: Ex-Thammasat law dean
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A PROPOSED DISSOLUTION of the Constitutional Court is a simple, yet challenging solution to what has appeared to be today’s political troubles stemming from legal battles such as the one surrounding the court-suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, suggested a former scholar over the weekend. Panat Tasneeyanond, former dean of Thammasat
Read moreNominees for Charter Court judges rejected by senators
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a preplanned, concerted move of pro-Bhumjaithai senators, a couple of prominent nominees for judge of the Constitutional Court were overwhelmingly denied by those senior lawmakers today (March 18). In a weekly Senate session, a prevailing majority of the senators, over 100 of whom are known
Read moreConstitutional Court urged to hold polling agency guilty, annul senatorial races
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT was today (March 12) pleaded to hold the Election Commission guilty of failure to hold last year’s senatorial elections in fair and clean fashion and to declare the notorious races to parliament null and void, albeit in retroactive fashion. Nataporn Toprayoon, a former adviser to the Office
Read moreAll election commissioners may be booted out for alleged senatorial election fiasco
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ALL ELECTION COMMISSIONERS might possibly be deposed by court for alleged failure to hold a clear-cut and clean election for senators a few months earlier. The seven election commissioners could possibly not only be immediately ousted by the Constitutional Court but subsequently face criminal indictments for the alleged failure to
Read morePeople’s Party slams Constitutional Court’s budget
A PEOPLE’S Party MP lambasted a budget for a Constitutional Court course which allegedly did not meet the objective during the last day of deliberation of the 3.75 trillion baht 2025 budget legislation in the House of Representatives today (Sept. 5), Naewna newspaper said. Ms. Sasinan Thamnithinan, People’s Party MP for Bangkok, said the
Read moreSrettha deposed by Constitutional Court as Pheu Thai-attached PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SRETTHA THAVISIN was today (Aug 14) immediately deprived of his status as prime minister at an order of the Constitutional Court under an impeachment lawsuit. The Constitutional Court judges voted 5:4 to remove the Pheu Thai-attached Srettha from his elected premiership as he was finally found guilty of having severely
Read moreBreaking news: Court dismisses PM Srettha for breaching ethical rules in Cabinet appointment
By Agencies and published by CNA THE Constitutional Court on Wednesday (Aug. 14) dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for appointing to his Cabinet a former lawyer who served jail time, raising the spectre of more political upheaval and a reset of the governing alliance. Real estate tycoon Srettha becomes the fourth Thai premier in
Read morePM largely tipped to survive impeachment lawsuit tomorrow
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin will very likely survive an impeachment lawsuit in the Constitutional Court tomorrow (Aug. 14), partisan sources confirmed today. The prime minister, attached to the Pheu Thai under de facto party boss Thaksin Shinawatra, has been largely expected to be acquitted tomorrow of all charges earlier filed
Read moreChulalongkorn academic wants Constitutional Court judges held accountable for undue damage
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY’S political scientist Khemthong Tonsakulroongruang has strongly suggested judges of the Constitutional Court be legally obliged to practically take responsibility for enormous damage which might possibly be caused unduly by their arbitrary rulings. Given the fact that the Constitutional Court has never been held responsible for untoward consequences possibly
Read more‘Orange’ supporters urged to gather at Move Forward HQ on judgement day
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MOVE FORWARD TODAY (July 20) encouraged their supporters to gather at the party’s headquarters on Aug. 7 – the date on which the Constitutional Court is scheduled to judge on a lese majeste lawsuit which could possibly result in a dissolution of the reformist camp. Move Forward leader Chaithawat
Read moreMove Forward MPs tempted to defect in face of possible party dissolution
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SEVERAL PARTIES HAVE clandestinely tempted Move Forward MPs to defect and join their ranks in near future if the progressive camp is dissolved by court as soon as tomorrow (June 12), according to Move Forward leader Chaithawat Tulathon. Without elaborating or identifying any specific parties by name, Chaithawat confirmed those
Read moreNo Move Forward MPs stepping down to be replaced by others on party list
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO MOVE FORWARD MPs, most of whom concurrently perform as members of the opposition party’s executive board, are going to resign as elected lawmakers and be replaced by somebody else on a party list anytime soon, Move Forward spokesperson Parit Wacharasindhu said today (Mar. 19). None of the five Move
Read moreConstitutional Court already turned into ‘superpower’ agency: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT has practically become a “superpower” agency which could put an end to policies and resolutions made by those in the legislative branch and hand them severe penalties, according to a noted academic. Munin Pongsapan, a former dean of Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law, commented the Constitutional Court
Read moreMove Forward survives Constitutional Court’s ruling on lese majeste law amendment
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MOVE FORWARD HAS SURVIVED the Constitutional Court’s historic ruling delivered today (Jan. 31) to deter the progressive party’s sustained attempt to amend the highly contentious lese majeste law with a court order for an immediate end to it. The nine-judge Constitutional Court ruled that former Move Forward leader/current MP
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