PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra returned home last night after participating in the no-confidence debate from 08.15 a.m. to 10.32 p.m., a total of 14 hours and 17 minutes, Amarin TV and Thai Rath newspaper said. Reporters asked her about the perplexing word “kiki” being mentioned during the debate, and Paetongtarn replied: “I just heard
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Paetongtarn grilled for lacking credentials, covering up Prayut’s mess
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra was relentlessly taken to task today (March 24) for alleged lack of credentials and doing without evident honesty whilst virtually running the country as a “puppet” leader pulled around by her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra. During the first day of a two-day censure
Read moreSomchai gives Prawit high marks, slams PM
FORMER election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn rated the performance of the opposition MPs and Prime Minister Paetongtorn Shinawatra during this morning’s (March 24) no-confidence debate being impressed by Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan while slamming the premier for her brief replies, Naewna newspaper said. (1) Opposition and People’s Party leader Natthapong Ruengpanyawut: He debated smoothly
Read moreThaksin helps PM gear for censure debate starting tomorrow
DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra said this evening (March 23) that he has helped his daughter/Prime Minister Paetongtan Shinawatra prepare for the non-confidence debate starting tomorrow and is confident she would be able to answer all the questions asked within the rules, Amarin TV said. As for the big target, which is
Read moreCensure debate against PM tipped to be scorching, relentless
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SCATHING, RELENTLESS verbal barrages and intermittent, vehement protests will likely prevail over a two-day censure debate on the House floor beginning on the upcoming Monday against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. Though the historic motion launched by the People’s-led opposition bloc was primarily designed to grill the country’s second woman prime
Read morePM furious over alleged deal for Shinawatra family
PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra snapped at reporters today (March 20) when questioned about the no-confidence debate, set for Monday-Tuesday March 24-25, with the opposition’s theme allegedly being “a country deal” for Shinawatra family, pointing out that everything must be done with reason, not emotion, Amarin TV said. Paetongtarn has become the sole target of
Read morePrawit to take the floor on censure debate against Paetongtarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WILL BE SEEN as a rare political phenomenon, Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan plans to take the House floor during censure debate against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra later this month. That will mark the first time that Prawit, a former deputy prime minister and currently the leader of
Read morePheu Thai taken to task for not relying on Paetongtarn in censure debate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI, core of the current coalition government, was today (March 1) taken to task for alleged failure to trust their own leader/Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in a censure debate scheduled for later this month. That the Pheu Thai under de facto party boss Thaksin Shinawatra has resolved to
Read morePaetongtarn sole target of censure debate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra has become the sole target of a censure motion due no later than the second week of next month, given allegations that she is virtually merely a “puppet” pulled by her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra. The censure motion was today (Feb.27) lodged by
Read morePeople’s Party tells Pheu Thai it’s not too soon for a censure debate
PEOPLE’S Party hit back at Pheu Thai after being accused of launching a no-confidence debate too soon as this government has only been at the helm for three months by pointing out that the timing depends on when corruption occurs, Naewna newspaper said late yesterday (Dec. 5). People’s MP Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn said that as
Read morePeople’s Party MPs preparing for heated debate on govt policy statement
PEOPLE’S Party MP Sirikanya Tansakul said the debate on Pheu Thai-led coalition government’s policy statement to be delivered by Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra which is scheduled to take place next Thursday and Friday (Sep. 12-13) will be intense with her party gearing up field 30 MPs to question it, Naewna newspaper said today (Sep.
Read moreSuthin taken to task over contentious defence budgeting
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI-ATTACHED DEFENCE Minister Suthin Khlangsang was today (June 20) taken to task over the questionable defence budgeting which allegedly focuses on personnel rather than high-tech weapon systems and equipment to meet today’s warfare challenges. During the second day of House floor debate on the 2025 budget bill, Move Forward
Read moreChinese-made goods to flood Thai markets under digital wallet scheme: Move Forward
By Thai Newsroom Reporters VARIETIES OF CHEAP, Chinese-made merchandise will likely flood Thailand’s domestic markets under the vote-wooing, Pheu Thai-initiated digital wallet project, Move Forward leader Chaithawat Tulathon concluded today (June 19). During the first day of a marathon floor debate in the House of Representatives, the Move Forward leader-cum-Opposition leader took the Pheu
Read morePM underscores digital wallet project will spur economic growth
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (June 19) reconfirmed the much-heralded, yet-delayed digital wallet project will definitely become a major economic stimulus to increase domestic consumption, manufacturing of goods, creation of jobs and hefty revenue to the state coffers. Addressing the House of Representatives on the 2025 budget legislation during the
Read morePM hurls a surprise retort at Democrats during censure debate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN AS a surprise retort, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin today (Apr. 3) lambasted the Democrats in the middle of the House chamber, saying they could be merely looking to skip over from the opposition bloc to the Pheu Thai-led coalition government. In response to former Democrat leader
Read morePM, govt warned to not repeat mock jail sentence for Yingluck
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin and the Pheu Thai-led government have been warned today (Apr. 3) to not repeat the alleged compromising and flaunting of the country’s rules of law in favour of deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra who is reportedly looking to return home from self-exile abroad. During the first
Read moreSenators to grill Pheu Thai-led govt over Thaksin’s ‘double-standard privileges’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SENATORS PLAN TO GRILL the coalition government over alleged double-standard privileges provided for de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra, among other bones of contentions, on the upcoming Monday, sources said today (Mar 23). In Monday’s censure debate on performance of the Pheu Thai-led government without a subsequent
Read morePheu Thai Cabinet member seen watching football match in House Chamber
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY AGRICULTURE & COOPERATIVES Minister Chaiya Phromma was evidently seen watching a live football match in the middle of the House chamber where MPs were debating the 2024 budget bill last night (Mar.21). The Pheu Thai cabinet member-cum-MP and another Pheu Thai MP were seen seated next to each other
Read moreGovt urged to cancel Chinese submarine deal
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED GOVERNMENT was today (Jan.4) encouraged to cancel the navy’s Chinese submarine purchase deal since the Chinese shipbuilder has already failed to deliver it. During a second day of floor debate on the 2024 budget bill, Move Forward MP Chayapon Sathorndee suggested Defence Minister Suthin Khlangsang to entirely
Read moreThammanat urging rice farmers to give up 3-harvests-a-year farming
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AGRICULTURE & COOPERATIVES MINISTER Thammanat Prompao said today (Jan.3) rice farmers are being encouraged to give up their three-harvests-a-year occupation and grow another cash crop as an alternative. During the first day of floor debate on the 2024 budget bill, the agriculture minister confirmed that the Agricultural Extension Department plans
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