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 moreSupreme Court asked to repeal Election Commission’s ruling on senatorial rigging plot
By Thai Newsroom Reporters RESERVE senators today (Sep.16) called on the Supreme Court to repeal the Election Commission’s ruling declared on Monday over 2024’s senatorial rigging allegations and to order truthful, evidence-based reinvestigation following the polling agency’s questionable exoneration of suspects attached to or associated with the Bhumjaithai, core of the current coalition government.
Read moreSihasak slams Cambodia for distorting the truth while attending key maritime hearing
By Amarin TV and Reuters – published by CNA DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow blasted Cambodia after delivering an opening statement at UN-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore over long-standing dispute with the neighbouring country over valuable maritime resources for continuing to distort the truth and repeatedly maligning Thailand by presenting falsehoods.
Read moreSupreme Court orders police to pay torture victim 4.3 million baht
AFTER a 17-year legal battle the Supreme Court today (Aug. 31) ruled that the Thai police must pay over 4.3 million baht in damages to Mr. Rittirong Chuenjit who was tortured to confess to a robbery in 2009 and also ordered the removal of his criminal record and fingerprints from the criminal registry, TV
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 moreAd hoc panel sought to probe NACC’s failure over Saksayam’s asset concealment case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PARLIAMENT President Sopon Zaram was today (June 5) asked by the People’s-led opposition to relay a formal request for the Supreme Court to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s failure to press asset concealment charges against former transport minister/former Bhumjaithai secretary-general Saksayam Chidchob. The
Read morePlea against 400 billion baht borrowed funding decree lodged to Constitutional Court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S-LED opposition bloc today (May 11) petitioned the Constitutional Court to nullify the Bhumjaithai-led government’s executive decree for a 400 billion baht borrowed funding package which, they contended, may be perpetrated in violation of the constitution and not have been designed on basis of emergency or necessity in regard
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 moreUS Supreme Court ruling on Trump tariffs boosts global economic growth: Academic
THE US Supreme Court ruling that a law President Donald Trump relied on to impose tariffs does not authorise the president to do so will have a positive impact on global economic growth in terms of the volume and value of world trade with Asian economies, including Thailand, benefiting, a respected Thai academic said
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 moreParallel lawsuit lodged in pursuit of Paetongtarn’s ouster by Supreme Court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FOR FEAR OF the possibility that the court-suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra might be acquitted of an impeachment case by the Constitutional Court on the upcoming Friday, a parallel lawsuit was filed by a group of political activists to the National Anti-Corruption Commission today (Aug.26) and supposedly destined for the
Read moreOffered payoffs feared to be the only way to save Paetongtarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OFFERED PAYOFFS might probably be the only way to attempt to save the court-suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from being deposed as head of government in a court verdict on an impeachment lawsuit scheduled for the upcoming Friday, according to a former senior government official. Fears of kickbacks in cash
Read morePaetongtarn to testify in court over leaked phone chitchat with Hun Sen
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE COURT-SUSPENDED prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra would likely testify before the Constitutional Court next Thursday over an impeachment lawsuit filed against her in the wake of a leaked cellphone chitchat between Cambodian leader Hun Sen and herself, according to Prommin Lertsuridej, secretary-general to the embattled prime minister. Prommin said today
Read moreThaksin anticipates Paetongtarn’s survival over impeachment bid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters GIVEN A LAST-DITCH lobbyism and abundant resources at his disposal, de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra is certainly anticipating his daughter/court-suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to barely survive an impeachment lawsuit which could otherwise result in an ouster of the elected head of government by court later this month,
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 moreThaksin urged to tell Paetongtarn to step down
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra could tell his embattled daughter-turned-prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra sooner than later to resign as head of government to spare herself further damage from a critical legal battle in court whilst he himself could manipulate again the naming of a new one, according to
Read moreConstitutional Court may keep Paetongtarn from running country from July 8
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT may either practically force Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to stop running the country from early next month or simply drop charges filed against her to the extent that she has severely compromised ethics and honesty whilst handling Thai-Cambodian border conflict. The Constitutional Court is scheduled for July
Read moreMedical Council’s action against 3 Thaksin doctors can be appealed: Somchai
THE Medical Council’s vote yesterday (June 12) upholding a decision to warn one doctor and suspend the licence of two others for allowing de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to stay at Police Hospital rather than prison for six months until he was paroled can be appealed but there is also criminal penalty
Read moreFederal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs under emergency powers law
By AP and published by Yahoo!News and BBC Washington – A federal court on Wednesday (May 28) blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law, swiftly throwing into doubt Trump’s signature set of economic policies that have rattled global financial markets, frustrated trade partners and raised broader fears
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