By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER THAMMASAT University dean Anuchart Puangsamlee was today (Jan.7) introduced as the People’s pick for education minister if the reformist camp eventually becomes core of a government after the Feb.8 election. Anuchart, a former dean of Thammasat University’s Faculty of Learning Science & Education, was formally introduced as education minister
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Ex-diplomat picked as People’s foreign minister
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER DIPLOMAT Pisan Manawapat was today (Jan.6) introduced as the People’s pick for foreign minister if the reformist party eventually becomes core of a government after the Feb.8 election. Pisan is not only a former ambassador to the United States, Canada, India and head of Thai delegates to the European
Read moreEx-Thammasat law dean introduced as People’s-chosen justice minister
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER THAMMASAT University dean Munin Pongsapan was yesterday (Jan.5) introduced as the People’s pick for justice minister in case that the reformist party become core of a government after the Feb.8 election. Munin, a former dean of Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law, was formally introduced as one of the People’s
Read moreVorapak resigns as deputy finance minister amidst Khmer scammer issue
By Thai Newsroom Reporters VORAPAK TANYAWONG today (Oct.22) resigned as deputy finance minister in the face of allegations that he had been somehow connected with an international business conglomerate allegedly involved in Cambodia-based scammer rackets. Vorapak tendered his resignation with immediate effect from the Bhumjaithai-led cabinet of ministers after he had been “unknowingly” depicted
Read moreAnutin not bothered by Pheu Thai’s legal moves
NEWLY-APPOINTED Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said this afternoon (Sep. 7) he is not concerned about some Pheu Thai MPs’ petition to remove him from premiership over Bhumjaithai having signed an agreement with the People’s Party for the the latter’s conditional support that led to him getting 311 votes in the House of Representatives on
Read moreEkniti a good choice for finance minister: Korn
FORMER finance minister Korn Chatikavanij posted a Facebook message praising Prime Minister-elect Anutin Charnvirakul for selecting Treasury Department Chief Ekniti Nitithanpraphat as finance minister because he is suited for the current economic conditions, Amarin TV said this evening (Sep. 6). “I must say that this person is a good choice, clean and knowledgeable, as
Read moreAnutin rushed to meet dad at hospital after being voted PM
SOON AFTER being voted Thailand’s 32nd Prime Minister with 311 votes from lawmakers Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul rushed to Ramathibodi Hospital to visit his father, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Sep. 5). Upon arriving at 5.40 p.m. Anutin bowed to his father, Chavarat Charnvirakul who is also a former interior minister, and hugged him
Read moreAnutin voted Thailand’s 32nd Prime Minister with 311 votes
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ANUTIN CHARNVIRAKUL was today (Sep.5) voted as prime minister with the help from People’s MPs in addition to those attached to a Bhumjaithai-led coalition of parties in the House of Representatives. In a roll-call procedure for a total of 492 MPs, the Bhumjaithai leader was given 311 votes against 152
Read moreUrgent: Bhumjaithai leader Anutin voted prime minister
AFTER a lengthy debate Bhumajaithai leader Anutin Charnivirakul was today (Sep. 5) voted prime minister by a majority of lawmakers in the House of Representatives, Thai Rath and Naewna newspaper said. At 3.50 p.m. it was announced that Anutin had obtained more than 247 votes from 492 currently performing MPs thus winning the race
Read morePhumtham admits House dissolution decree has been denied
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CARETAKER PRIME minister Phumtham Wechayachai confirmed today (Sep.4) that a decree which he has recently filed in pursuit of royal endorsement for dissolution of the House of Representatives to call a general election has been denied by the Office of Privy Councillors due to legal ambiguities and discrepancy. Phumtham, viewed
Read morePeople’s to back Anutin for prime minister under 5 conditions
PEOPLE’S Party leader Nattapong Ruengpanyawut and his team announced this morning (Sep. 3) that his camp has decided to vote for Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul as the next prime minister under five conditions, Naewna newspaper said. The decision was made after thorough discussions among party members on whether to support Anutin or Pheu Thai
Read morePeople’s dare Pheu Thai-attached caretaker PM to dissolve House now
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S TODAY (Sep. 1) dared the Pheu Thai-attached caretaker Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai to dissolve the House of Representatives now in order to call a general election without unnecessarily waiting for a decision of the largest opposition party to pick any partisan candidate for prime minister. People’s spokesperson/MP Parit
Read morePeople’s bound to choose between Bhumjaithai and Pheu Thai for naming of new PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S ARE deciding for themselves tomorrow (Sep.1) whether to support either Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul or Pheu Thai MP Chaikasem Nitisiri for prime minister to replace Paetongtarn Shinawatra who was deposed by the Constitutional Court as head of government on Friday. The People’s executive committee was scheduled to meet
Read moreCourt-ordered ouster of Paetongtarn as culture minister sought
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SENATE WAS today (July 2) petitioned to put forward a fresh impeachment lawsuit against the newly-named Culture Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra after she has been already ordered by the Constitutional Court to stop running the country as head of government pending a court verdict on basis of allegations that she
Read morePirapan eyed as probable replacement for Paetongtarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters RUAM THAI SANG CHART leader Pirapan Salirathavibhaga might probably be named prime minister in place of the besieged Paetongtarn Shinawatra following the latter’s disreputable, erroneous handling of the Thai-Cambodian conflict, a partisan source said today (June 20). De facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra has been quietly encouraged to tell
Read moreTwo ministers deny receiving missing necklace
TWO ministers denied today (March 20) that an emerald and diamond necklace worth 26.4 million baht is with either of them after a well-known businesswoman revealed that she had lent actress Ms. Arisara Thongborisut, or Due Arisara, assets worth 62 million baht and now wants them back with latter saying that all the items
Read moreThavi undaunted over senators’ counterattack lawsuit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters JUSTICE MINISTER THAVI Sodsong today (March 13) shrugged off the legal action taken by 100-plus senators against him, saying he will certainly see to it that rules of law and justice be upheld in regard to an historic probe by the Department of Special Investigation into senatorial rigging scandals. Thavi
Read moreEx-commerce minister Boonsong released on parole after 7 years in jail
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER COMMERCE MINISTER-turned-convict Boonsong Teriyabhirom was released on parole today (Dec. 2) after he had served seven years in jail in relation to a graft-riddled rice subsidy scheme run by a previous Pheu Thai government. Boonsong who was today released from a prison hospital in Bangkok and heading for his
Read moreExclusive-Thai central bank chief, finance minister to meet over inflation target as govt eyes rate cut
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND’S central bank chief and finance minister will meet in early September to open negotiations on an inflation target for 2025, a senior official said, as the government seeks a new goal with an eye on a rate cut that it has pushed for months. The government has
Read morePaetongtarn named PM under formal endorsement by King
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, was today (Aug. 18) formally endorsed by His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn as Thailand’s 31st prime minister. A privately-owned hall on Vibhavadi Road was used as venue for the reception of the monarch’s edict to formally name the 38-year-old
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