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
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Breaking 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 moreThaksin’s requested trip to Dubai denied by court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CRIMINAL COURT today (July 31) denied a request filed by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra as a criminal suspect on bail to leave Thailand for the United Arab Emirates for a couple of weeks next month. The Criminal Court denied Thaksin’s personal request for a departure from
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 moreAdministrative Court asked to delay ratification of all 200 senators-designate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT was today (July 8) petitioned to indefinitely delay an official ratification of all 200 senators-designate, pending a sought-after probe by the Election Commission into alleged bloc-vote riggings and electoral irregularities. Defeated senatorial contestant Chakrapong Khongpanya today submitted the complaint to the Administrative Court in pursuit of an
Read moreBiden warns Supreme Court ruling on immunity is ‘dangerous precedent’
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Washington – US President Joe Biden on Monday (July 1) criticised the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity that was seen as a win for his election rival, former President Donald Trump, calling it a dangerous precedent that did a disservice to the American
Read moreCourt allows senatorial election to continue
THE Constitutional Court today (June 18) allowed the Election Commission to continue with the triple-tiered senatorial election with two stages having already been completed and while the third, at the national level, is to take place on June 26. The court found that an accusation filed by some senatorial contestants that this election process
Read moreThai-Khmer deal around Kood Island alleged as null and void
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT was today (June 13) petitioned to declare null and void an allegedly invalid Thai-Cambodian bilateral deal on a shared maritime resources development scheme planned over the last couple of decades. Former Palang Pracharath MP Paiboon Nititawan filed the petition for the Constitutional Court to consider declaring the
Read moreUrgent: Court orders polling agency to give additional evidence in case against Move Forward
THE Constitutional Court ordered the Election Commission to submit additional evidence in today’s (June 12) hearing of the case the agency has filed seeking dissolution of the Move Forward Party, Naewna newspaper said. Under the highly debatable charges the Move Forward is alleged to have designed to undermine rule of the country by having
Read moreCourt proceedings on lese majeste case against Thaksin might be put off again
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL might probably postpone next week’s court proceedings on a lese majeste lawsuit against de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, a partisan source said today (June 11). Though the OAG had earlier scheduled the planned proceedings on the lese majeste lawsuit against the de facto
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 moreWar crimes prosecutor seeks arrest of Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Jerusalem –The chief prosecutor of the world’s top war crimes court sought arrest warrants on Monday (May 20) for leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over actions taken during their seven-month war. While Netanyahu and his defence minister, Yoav Gallant, do not face
Read moreActing senators call on Constitutional Court to consider impeaching Srettha
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTION COURT has been petitioned by a group of acting senators to consider impeaching Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and putting an end to his elected premiership as well as the newly-given ministerial status of one of his cabinet members. The group of 40 acting senators have lodged the surprise
Read moreTourist in row with tuk tuk driver taken to court
A BRITISH tourist who was videotaped by a tuk tuk dash cam assaulting the driver in a row over the fare in Phuket was apprehended in Krabi last evening and taken to the district court today (May 1), Amarin TV said. The attack took place at around 4 a.m. last Friday (Apr. 26) with
Read moreCourt overruling sought against ban on senatorial candidates’ self-introduction on social media
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE COURT was today (Apr. 30) petitioned to consider overruling the Election Commission’s contentious prohibition on the self-introduction of any would-be senatorial candidates on all media platforms. Former senators Panat Tasneeyanond filed the petition with the Central Administrative Court in pursuit of a court waiver of the Election
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 moreSupreme Court clears Yingluck in negligence case
By Naewna, Matichon and Reuters published by CNA THE Supreme Court cleared former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra of negligence in a roadshow project to promote infrastructure projects dismissing all the charges against her and five other defendants, Naewna and Matichon newspapers said this afternoon (Mar. 4). The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Persons Holding
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
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