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Urgent: Supreme Court accepts lese majeste case against 44 ex-MPs, 10 currently serving not suspended

  THE Supreme Court today (April 24) accepted a lese majeste case filed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) against 44 former MPs of the dissolved Move Forward Party, including the former camp’s leader Pita Limjaroenrat, but decided to not suspend 10 of them who are currently People’s Party MPs, Naewna newspaper said. The court

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Supreme Court to soon consider whether to accept lese majeste lawsuit against 10 People’s MPs

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME COURT is scheduled for April 24 to consider whether a lese majeste lawsuit filed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission against 10 People’s MPs and 34 former MPs will be formally accepted for a future ruling by court, thus prompting the current lawmaker-turned-suspects to immediately stop performing at parliament,

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Election Commission to get sued unless senatorial rigging case forwarded to court

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters LEGAL ACTION will certainly be taken against the Election Commission if the polling agency fails to forward a sensational, senatorial rigging lawsuit to court, the People’s spokesman Parit Wacharasindhu confirmed today (March 16). A duty-negligence and misconduct lawsuit will be definitely filed against the commissioners if they eventually fail to

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People’s to file duty-negligence, misconduct lawsuit against Election Commission

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S will shortly file a criminal lawsuit against the Election Commission on duty-negligence and misconduct charges, resulting in the polling agency’s alleged failure to hold a clean and fair election due to the questionable existence of barcodes and QR codes on voting ballots, People’s leader Nattapong Ruengpanyawut confirmed today

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Central Administrative Court accepts lawsuit over barcoded, QR coded ballots

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CENTRAL Administrative Court has accepted a lawsuit filed in pursuit of the Election Commission being stopped by court from verifying official results of Sunday’s election in which voting ballots bear barcodes and QR codes and to have the polling agency hold a new election without use of such electronic

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Paetongtarn’s refusal to step down means predicted survival in court: Academic

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE COURT-SUSPENDED prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been quietly assured of a victory in court over an impeachment lawsuit, thus resolutely refusing to step down at any time from now until Aug.29, the date on which the Constitutional Court is scheduled to deliver a verdict on it, according to a

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House might be dissolved in face of govt budgeting irregularities scandal

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra might probably be told by her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to dissolve the House of Representatives if an unprecedented lawsuit against current and previous Pheu Thai-led cabinet members, coalition MPs and pro-government senators on charge of breaching the constitution pertaining to alleged government

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PM faces another ouster move over naming of ex-convicts as advisers

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra has today (Oct. 8) encountered a fresh legal battle in addition to others designed to depose her from power. Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, has been formally accused of breaking political ethics by naming Nattawut Saikua and Surapong Suebwonglee as adviser

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Another 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

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Legal bid seeks to end Paetongtarn’s PM status over ‘dishonest, unethical’ Thavi

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters ANOTHER LAWSUIT has been filed in pursuit of a court ruling to immediately depose Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra of power on grounds of naming an allegedly dishonest, unethical Thavi Sodsong for a member of her cabinet. The so-called Khana Nitichon Cherdchutham legal activist group lodged the lawsuit to the Constitutional

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Thaksin calls Pheu Thai-dissolution-seeking lawsuit ‘baloney’

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss Thaksin Shinawatra today (Aug. 26) unreluctantly shrugged off a fresh lawsuit filed in pursuit of dissolution of his largest ruling party, calling it “nothing but baloney.” The billionaire power player, father of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, did not look concerned over the looming legal battle

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PM 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

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Srettha’s acquittal very likely, tempting Thaksin to leave for Dubai: Academic

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin would be very likely acquitted of impeachment charges later this month, thus relieving de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, largely known as “Mr. Fix-It”, of topical stress and tempting him to take a private trip to Dubai, albeit denied by court, a prominent academic concluded

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Srettha’s judgement day set for Aug. 14

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT is scheduled to deliver a ruling on an impeachment lawsuit earlier filed against Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin by the middle of next month. The Constitutional Court today (July 24) announced that the court ruling will be delivered on Aug. 14 to judge whether the Pheu Thai-attached prime

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