THE Thai police was in a state of shock after the wife of a police lieutenant general shot him dead during an argument at their house in Bangkok’s Thawi Watthana district at 3 p.m. today (Feb. 19), TV Channel 7 said. A police team from Thammasala station together with officers from the Forensic Science
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Pheu Thai Party’s landslide win ‘very unlikely’: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT WILL BE VERY UNLIKELY for the Pheu Thai Party to score a landslide victory in the next general election because the largest opposition camp will undeniably see the likes of the Move Forward Party contesting as their archrivals, according to a noted political scientist. Thanaporn Sriyakul, president of Kasetsart
Read morePrayut tight-lipped over calls for Palang Pracharath Party membership
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha has remained tight-lipped as to whether he may apply for membership of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party so he would likely be named a partisan candidate for head of a post-election government again. When asked by reporters today (Oct. 24), Prayut stopped short of either confirming or
Read morePolice general transferred over drug allegations
NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas ordered the transfer of Pol. Maj. Gen.Wasamae Salae, head of Narathiwat provincial police, to the headquarters in Bangkok amid allegations of links to drug cartels, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Oct. 20). Pol. Gen. Damrongsak, who assigned Pol. Maj. Gen. Wasamae to duties at the Operations Centre,
Read moreCall to stop partisan cabinet members from handing out taxpayers’ money
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER ELECTION commissioner Sodsri Satayatham yesterday (Oct. 1) suggested the polling agency enforce all current cabinet members to quit as members of a party in order to hand out the taxpayer’s money to people in times of an electoral campaign. Sodsri advised that all partisan cabinet members be legally prohibited
Read morePrawit to be named in lieu of Prayut as Palang Pracharath’s PM candidate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Palang Pracharath party leader Prawit Wongsuwan will likely be named partisan candidate for head of government in the next general election, a coalition MP confirmed today (Oct. 1). Pracharath MP Veerakorn Kumprakop said Prawit will likely be named one of a trio of Palang Pracharath candidates for head
Read moreMP sarcastically blasts Election Commission’s curbs amid flood woes
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI ECONOMIC PARTY secretary-general Pai Lick has responded to the Election Commission’s contentious regulations to keep MPs from handing out money or items for free to anyone in trouble anywhere with a rare touch of sarcasm. Pai, an MP of Kampangpet, today (Sept. 29) posted on his Facebook page his sarcastic
Read moreGigantic roadside signs featuring Prawit, his party’s logo yet to be removed: Chonlanan
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN whether colossal vote-wooing signs spotted along the road in some provinces ostensibly featuring caretaker Prime Minister-cum-Palang Pracharath party leader Prawit Wongsuwan will ever be removed at any time from now, commented Pheu Thai party leader Chonlanan Srikaew today (Sept. 24). Under the laws pertaining to a
Read moreMost Gen-Zers prefer Chadchart as post-election PM: Rangsit poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST GEN-Z PEOPLE have been found to prefer Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt become prime minister after the next general election. According to an opinion poll conducted by Rangsit University political scientist Thamrongsak Petlert-anand among a total of 707 Gen-Z respondents between Sept. 7 and Sept. 16, 43.1% prefers Chadchart who
Read moreOfficial campaign period for next election starts on Sept. 24
THE ELECTION Commission announced today (Sept. 16) that as of Sept. 24 the House of Representatives would have 180 days left of its current term and political parties could start campaigning for the next general election from that day onwards, Sanook.com said. According to Section 68 of the Organic Act campaigning can start when the
Read moreGigantic Prawit billboards merely designed as publicity campaign: Chaiwut
By Thai Newsroom Reporters GIGANTIC ROADSIDE BILLBOARDS portraying Palang Pracharath Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan were merely designed as a publicity campaign for the largest coalition partner and the deputy prime minister, said a deputy party leader today (Apr 10). Digital Economy & Society Minister/deputy Palang Pracharath leader Chaiwut Thanakhamanusorn said the huge billboards erected
Read morePrawit puts up highway billboards wishing travellers Happy Thai New Year
PEOPLE travelling to their hometown for Songkran today (Apr. 9) were greeted with large highway billboards showing Deputy Prime Minister and head of Palang Pracharat Party Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan wishing them a Happy Thai New Year along the way with this being an indication of this party gearing up for election battles, Matichon newspaper
Read moreRuam Thai Sang Chart Party offers to name Prayut as PM after next election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters RUAM THAI SANG CHART Party will offer to name Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as candidate for head of a post-election government only if Palang Pracharath Party no longer does following the polls, said Seksakol Attawong, assistant to the Prime Minister’s Office Minister, today (Feb.7). The founder of a brand-new Ruam
Read moreGen. Prawit asks anti-coup protesters ‘is there a coup?’
AS People’s Party gets ready to hold a rally against coup d’etat at Ladprao intersection this evening (Nov. 27) Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan countered by pointing out there isn’t one taking place, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Asked by reporters whether this evening’s rally to train against a coup is an attempt to rouse the
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