By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE RULING PALANG PRACHARATH Party would likely be dissolved if evidently found to have received three million baht worth of grey money allegedly laundered by a Chinese-born, Thai-naturalised businessman who gave it away, said former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn today (Oct. 28). The polling agency was practically cautioned to see to
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Polling agency probing Chinese pub capitalist donating 3m baht to Palang Pracharat
THE Election Commission said today (Oct. 28) it is investigating the facts behind a Chinese man who now has Thai citizenship and is possibly linked to a pub raided by police having donated 3 million baht to Palang Pracharath Party and if found that a wrongdoing has been committed it could lead to this
Read morePalang Pracharath admits man likely linked to illegal nightclub donated cash
JUSTICE Minister Somsak Thepsuthin admitted today (Oct. 27) that a man rumoured to possibly be linked to an illegal nightclub in Yanawa district raided by police yesterday had donated 3 million baht to Palang Pracharath Party last year, Thai Post newspaper said. Somsak, who is the head of the Palang Pracharath strategic campaign team,
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 morePheu Thai-Palang Pracharath coalition ‘impossible’ if Prayut endorsed for PM again
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI PARTY will never join in coalition with those who may look to help Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha prolong his rule beyond the next general election, said Pheu Thai leader Chonlanan Srikaew today (Oct. 23). The Pheu Thai Party, de facto led by former premier Thaksin Shinawatra who has
Read morePrayut mum on Pridiyathorn leading Palang Pracharath’s economic team
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Oct. 21) refused to comment on a possible cabinet reshuffle and a suggestion that former deputy prime minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula is suitable to head Palang Pracharath Party’s economic team, Thai Rath and Matichon newspapers said. After attending the Special Economic Zone Development Policy Committee meeting at the Government
Read morePrawit urged to stop giving aid to ‘two-faced’ MPs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan has been suggested to stop granting aid to “two-faced” Palang Pracharath MPs who may only look to defect to the Bhumjaithai Party or any other camps. Prawit who concurrently performs as deputy prime minister has been strongly advised that he stop providing any “tangible”
Read moreAnother gigantic roadside sign featuring Prawit spotted in Buengkarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ANOTHER COLOSSAL ROADSIDE sign featuring caretaker Prime Minister-cum-Palang Pracharath party leader Prawit Wongsuwan has been spotted in downtown Buengkarn with an attached note literally soliciting legal leniency for its existence. The vinyl billboard features an enlarged picture of the mask-wearing Prawit, the ruling party’s logo and catchphrases about a watershed
Read morePalang Pracharath Party blasted for using welfare cards to wins votes
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH Party was today (Sept. 19) taken to task for using state welfare cards in “utterly disgusting” fashion to muster popularity among constituents in the provinces well ahead of the next general election. Deputy Pheu Thai Party secretary-general Khunakorn Preechachanachai alleged that the largest coalition partner had obviously resorted
Read morePalang Pracharath opts to not compete against Thai Economic Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH Party will not contest against the Thai Economic Party for any constituencies in the next general election, especially those in the northern region, said caretaker Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan today (Sept. 12). Prawit who concurrently heads the largest coalition Palang Pracharath Party made his comments during an official
Read morePrayut downplays hearsay of him taking helm of Palang Pracharath Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha today (June 7) downplayed hearsay that he would sooner or later become top leader of Palang Pracharath Party in place of its current leader, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan. Prayut told reporters at Government House he had never heard of such rumours until today that he
Read moreAnalysis: Conspiracy hatched to turn kingmaker into PM
By Out-Crowd IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN whether a fresh conspiracy to turn Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan into head of government in place of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha following an approaching censure debate/no-confidence vote will ever bear fruit. Prawit who concurrently heads the ruling Palang Pracharath Party is being openly pitted by some coalition
Read moreAnother Palang Pracharath MP resigns
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH MP Vichian Chavalit today (Apr. 18) resigned as a party-listed lawmaker amidst speculation that he will very shortly join the brand-new Sarng Anakot Thai Party. Vichian, who will be automatically replaced as MP by another person named on the 2019 electoral list of Palang Pracharath Party, is widely
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 moreAnalysis: Many more Palang Pracharath MPs bound to leave disintegrated party
By Out-crowd MANY PALANG PRACHARATH MPs are quietly looking to desert for other parties following last month’s surprise exodus of MP Thammanat Prompow and 20 fellow lawmakers. Those politicians would undoubtedly cringe at the probability of being defeated in the next general election if they continued to stay with the disintegrated party and were
Read moreSanti named Palang Pracharath Party secretary-general in place of Thammanat
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY FINANCE Minister Santi Prompat was today (Jan. 27) named secretary-general of Palang Pracharath Party, the biggest coalition partner in government. At the order of Palang Pracharath Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan, Santi has become the party’s secretary-general in place of Thammanat Prompow who was ousted from the party’s membership alongside 20
Read moreSplinter parties tipped to consolidate with Thammanat’s clique
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SEVERAL SPLINTER PARTIES will likely consolidate with an independent clique of 21 MPs headed by deposed Palang Pracharath Party secretary-general Thammanat Prompow, said partisan sources today (Jan. 21). The MPs of those splinter parties who have so far lent support for the Palang Pracharath-led coalition government will likely consolidate with
Read moreThammanat, 20 MPs ousted from Palang Pracharath Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH PARTY secretary-general Thammanat Prompow and 20 Palang Pracharath MPs under his command have been immediately ousted by resolution of 78 other MPs and executive members of the biggest government party. Thammanat who concurrently acts as an MP of Payao and the 20 Palang Pracharath MPs loyal to him are
Read moreThammanat to either get a Cabinet seat or be ousted from party alongside 20 other MPs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Party secretary-general Thammanat Prompow might probably be given a cabinet seat in a fresh negotiation with Deputy Prime Minister/party leader Prawit Wongsuwan or else he himself and some 20 other MPs would choose to be ousted from the largest government party, sources said today (Jan. 19). Thammanat who
Read moreTwo Palang Pracharath MPs resign, will likely join a new party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TWO PALANG PRACHARATH MPs today (Jan. 17) resigned as members of the biggest government party, thus immediately depriving themselves of MP status. MP Supon Fong-ngarm and MP Santi Kiranand tendered letters of resignation from membership of Palang Pracharath Party headed by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan amidst news reports that
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