By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra today (Dec. 24) forecast that the current Pheu Thai-led government under premiership of his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra will likely survive their four-year term until 2027. The billionaire power player told reporters in Chiang Mai that disputes between coalition partners may spontaneously arise in
Tag: government
Thaksin is the real leader of this government: Ex-MP
WITH the Paetongtarn Shinawatra government implementing everything that her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra says, it is clear that he is the real boss, former MP Thepthai Senapong said in his Facebook post “Thepthai -Talking about Politics” with the topic being “Thaksin is the Real Owner of the Government” today (Dec. 22).
Read moreThaksin slams some coalition parties for skipping key cabinet meeting
By Naewa and Reuters – published by CNA DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra blasted some coalition partners for not attending a cabinet meeting on Wednesday (Dec. 11) where a draft legislation to collect the global minimum corporate tax was approved telling them they don’t have to stay in the coalition but if
Read moreFrench lawmakers vote to oust PM in the first successful censure vote since 1962
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Paris – France’s far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together on Wednesday (Dec. 4) in an historic no-confidence vote prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his Cabinet members to resign, a first since 1962. The National Assembly approved the motion by 331 votes. A
Read moreP-Move protesters literally climb Government House gate to no avail
By Thai Newsroom Reporters LED BY THE SO-CALLED P-MOVE activist network, a few protesters today (Oct. 15) staged a brief, dramatic scene outside Government House to desperately draw attention of non-committal members of cabinet inside. During a weekly cabinet meeting in a main building at Government House, the leading demonstrators literally climbed a gate
Read moreAnother lawsuit filed seeking dissolution of all ‘Thaksin-steered coalition partners’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A LATEST LAWSUIT was filed today (Sep. 9) in pursuit of a simultaneous dissolution of six government parties on grounds of having been unlawfully, evidently masterminded and directed by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra. The six parties all of which have joined the current Pheu Thai-led coalition government
Read more‘Like father, like daughter and son’ features in Pheu Thai-led Cabinet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NEW PHEU THAI-LED coalition government under Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra remarkably features certain members of cabinet literally named in pure relation to hereditary factors. The most conspicuous among the hereditarily related ministers is Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss/billionaire power player Thaksin Shinawatra. The 38-year-old woman prime
Read moreNew Pheu Thai-led govt not starting to work until mid-September
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A NEW PHEU THAI-LED government will not start to work until around the middle of September, said acting Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai today (Aug. 31). All 36 ministers-designate from varied coalition partners, including Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, are being individually,
Read moreDemocrat entry into Pheu Thai-led govt ends 23 years of mutual antagonism
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEMOCRATS TODAY (Aug. 29) reached a unanimous, formal resolution to join the Pheu Thai-led coalition government, capping 23 years of mutual, polarised antagonism. The coalition-entry resolution was endorsed by 34 votes in today’s partisan meeting attended by 25 Democrat MPs and a number of Democrat executive board members without
Read morePheu Thai-led govt to have more MPs including Democrats
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A SUSTAINED PHEU THAI-LED government will likely have more MPs under command from seven coalition partners, including the Democrats. The new government under Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, will be definitely endorsed by elected lawmakers including 141 Pheu Thai MPs, 70 Bhumjaithai
Read moreIntact Palang Pracharath remains in coalition govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra confirmed today (Aug. 23) the whole Palang Pracharath will continue to be part of the current Pheu Thai-led coalition government. The woman prime minister, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, told reporters the third largest coalition partner led by Prawit Wongsuwan will still
Read moreUS govt offers loan for Thai Air Force purchase of F-16 Block 70 jets
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT has offered to loan Thailand for a purchase of a squadron of Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 fighter jets, confirmed Defence Minister Suthin Khlangsang today (July 4). During a recent meeting with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, US Ambassador to Thailand Robert F. Godec has offered
Read morePalang Pracharath shrugs off rumours of being kicked out of govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH today (June 18) downplayed hearsay that the third largest coalition partner would probably be booted out of the Pheu Thai-led government at the alleged, capricious whims of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra. Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Natural Resources & Environment Minister Patcharawat Wongsuwan categorically denied he had
Read moreMove Forward won’t join Pheu Thai-led govt: Chaithawat
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MOVE FORWARD WILL by no means join a Pheu Thai-led government if Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is impeached by court or steps down in foreseeable future, said Move Forward leader Chaithawat Tulathon today (May 27). The largest opposition party will definitely reject the possibility of joining the Pheu Thai-led
Read morePaetongtarn defended for saying central bank independence an ‘obstacle’
By Naewna and Reuters – published by CNA AFTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra, leader of the ruling Pheu Thai party, was criticised for saying Bank of Thailand’s independence was an “obstacle” in resolving economic problems yesterday (May 3) the party’s Secretary-General and MP Ms. Linthiporn Warinwatchararoj today denied she was interfering with the central bank. Linthiphon
Read moreGovt has failed in economic performance during Q1: Isaan Poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED GOVERNMENT was recently viewed by most northeastern people to have ultimately failed in economic performance during the first quarter of this year, according to the Isaan Poll released over the weekend. The latest opinion poll conducted by Khon Kaen University’s Faculty of Economics with a total of
Read moreHouse Panel to check if Thaksin got more privileges than others at hospital
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE Committee on Police Affairs are scheduled to see on Friday whether de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra may have been given more privileges than others at Police Hospital. House committee chair Chaichana Dejdecho confirmed today (Jan.10) that he and other members of his
Read morePM dampens speculation about Democrats joining coalition
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Dec.13) dampened speculation that the Democrats might possibly skip over from the Move Forward-led opposition bloc to the Pheu Thai-led coalition government sooner or later. The Democrats, today’s second largest opposition party, are more or less expected to take the first available opportunity to jump
Read moreGovt personnel’s startup salary upped to 18,000 baht a month
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ALL NEWLY-EMPLOYED GOVERNMENT personnel will earn a sum of 18,000 baht in startup salary per month, beginning in the middle of next year. The Pheu Thai-led cabinet today (Nov.28) approved a raise in the government personnel’s startup salary from 15,000 baht to 18,000 baht a month to be effective after
Read morePheu Thai govt to be slammed if ‘inmate’ Thaksin allowed out of jail for long: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONFIDENCE of the Pheu Thai-led government under Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will be adversely affected if de facto party boss Thaksin Shinawatra continues to literally keep himself as a convicted inmate out of jail for longer than appropriate, according to a noted academic. Thammasat University law lecturer Prinya Thaewanarumitkul
Read more