By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER ANUTIN Charnvirakul said today (Sep.30) he was quite puzzled by fresh allegations that his Bhumjaithai-led government is merely fishing for popularity among the people with a copay project to be renewed and implemented nationwide just ahead of a general election anticipated around the upcoming March. The prime minister
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Angry China stages more drills near Taiwan as US lawmakers visit
By Reuters and published by CNA Beijing – China’s military said it carried out more exercises near Taiwan today (August 15) as a group of US lawmakers visited the Chinese-claimed island and met President Tsai Ing-wen, in what Beijing said was an infringement of its sovereignty. The five US lawmakers, led by Senator Ed
Read moreUS lawmakers arrive in Taiwan amid China tensions
By Reuters and Bloomberg and published by The Straits Times Taipei – A US lawmaker delegation arrived in Taiwan today (August 14) for a two-day visit during which they will meet President Tsai Ing-wen, the second high-level group to come amid continued military tensions with the island’s giant neighbour China. China regards Taiwan as
Read morePro-Prayut lawmakers take legal twist for divided-by-500 electoral system
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A VAST MAJORITY OF LAWMAKERS faithful to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today (July 6) dumped the mixed-member-majority system and instead endorsed the mixed-member-proportional system for use in the next general election, fueling the criticism that the executive branch has unduly interfered in the business of the legislative branch. In a second
Read moreCourt endorses MP status for own party-dissolving lawmaker
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OUTSPOKEN LAWMAKER PAIBUL Nititawan today (Oct. 20) survived a legal battle with help from the Constitutional Court to retain his MP status after he had dissolved his own People Reform Party in order to leave for Palang Pracharath Party two years ago. The Constitutional Court judges ruled in majority consensus
Read moreNo calls for third shot of coronavirus vaccine for lawmakers
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY HOUSE Speaker Suchart Tancharoen today (July 8th) dismissed hearsay that lawmakers in the House of Representatives and Senate have called for a third shot of a coronavirus vaccine. According to the first deputy House speaker, such allegations may have been based on the recent event in which Palang Pracharath
Read moreFrom India, Myanmar’s ousted lawmakers work on challenging junta
By Reuters Staff, published by Swissinfo.ch IN A spartan hillside room in India furnished only with a thin sleeping mat, the Myanmar member of parliament spends much of his days attentively listening to Zoom conference calls and tapping away messages on his smartphone. The short, soft-spoken man is among roughly a dozen ousted Myanmar MPs
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