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Bhumjaithai to lodge own charter amendment bill

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI, core of the current coalition government, plans to put forward legislation on constitution amendment on Wednesday to the extent that the legislative role of senators to give approval in principle for the bill be substantially curtailed to better streamline its passage. The Bhumjaithai-attached Prime Minister’s Office Minister Paradorn

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Anutin urged to find out if Pipat involved in hoarding of oil

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul was today (April 10) encouraged to find out whether Transport Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn may have been allegedly involved in the illegal hoarding of oil by a politically-associated trader recently. During the second day of policy debate at parliament, People’s MP Rangsiman Rome called on the prime

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Dozen designated People’s MPs retroactively charged with lese majeste lawsuit

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters A DOZEN DESIGNATED People’s MPs including party leader Nattapong Ruengpanyawut were today (Feb.9) retroactively charged with breaching the lese majeste law by the National Anti-Corruption Commission. The anti-graft agency’s resolution unanimously adopted only a day after the general election had been held on Sunday was to take retroactive, legal action

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People’s, Bhumjaithai, Pheu Thai tipped to sweep 400 MP seats combined

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THREE MAJOR PARTIES, namely the People’s, the Bhumjaithai and the Pheu Thai, will likely sweep an estimated 400 MP seats combined in both constituency-based and party-listed modes of the Feb.8 election, prominent academics predicted over the weekend. The trio of major parties contesting the nationwide election are more or less

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People’s most popular, Nattapong most favourite for PM: Rajabhat Poll

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST PROSPECTIVE voters have expressed their preferences for the People’s whose party leader Nattapong Ruengpanyawut has emerged as the most favourite for prime minister whilst Caretaker Prime Minister/Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul who is seeking to prolong his rule after the Feb.8 election is far less favourite, according to the latest

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With as many as 250 MP Seats, People’s bound to set up govt, regardless of powers-that-be: Piyabutr

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PIYABUTR SAENGKANOKKUL today (Jan.22) encouraged the people to cast so many votes for the People’s that the reformist party will emerge as the largest elected one and can eventually set up a government of their own after the Feb.8 election, regardless of the powers-that-be who may only look to endorse

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Another People’s candidate nabbed on money-laundering charges

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters ANOTHER PEOPLE’S candidate contesting the Feb.8 election in Tak has been arrested for alleged involvement in money-laundering activity. Ratchapong Soisuwan, the ex-People’s MP who is seeking re-election in Constituency 2 of the northwestern border province, was yesterday (Jan.14) arrested in Bangkok by the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau police on charges

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Bhumjaithai, Pheu Thai, People’s compete neck-and-neck for Isaan votes

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters A TRIO OF PARTIES, namely the Bhumjaithai, Pheu Thai and People’s, are decisively contesting against one another in the Feb.8 election throughout northeastern Thailand where most of the country’s constituencies are located with results being forecast to come out in neck-and-neck fashion, according to a reliable NIDA academic. Pichai Ratanadilok

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Nattapong most favourite for PM, People’s tops charts of party-listed, constituency-based MPs: NIDA Poll

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE’S LEADER Nattapong Ruengpanyawut has been found the most favourite to become prime minister whilst the reformist party has come up as the most favourite camp to become the largest elected one in both party-listed and constituency-based modes of the Feb,8 election, followed by the Bhumjaithai, according to the latest

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No hush-hush, behind-closed-doors talks over govt setup: Sirikanya

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters Updated at 8.30 a.m., Jan. 10, 2026 SIRIKANYA TANSAKUN, one of a trio of the People’s candidates for prime minister, reassured today (Jan.9) the People’s will practically set up a coalition government with others in unconcealed, straightforward fashion as opposed to hush-hush, behind-closed-doors dealings if the reformist camp becomes the

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People’s contestant in Bangkok changed due to money-laundering charges

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters A PEOPLE’S CONTESTANT was today (Dec.29) completely dismissed from running for MP in constituency-based mode in Bangkok in the face of an arrest warrant recently issued for his alleged involvement in a yet-unspecified money-laundering activity. The People’s executive board member Picharn Chaowapattanawong confirmed that the reformist party has ultimately deprived

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Anutin cannot yet find running mates for PM under Bhumjaithai banners

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul cannot yet find a couple of running mates to contest alongside him for prime minister under the Bhumjaithai tickets in the Feb.8 general election. Anutin admitted today (Dec.19) that nobody else has been so far named Bhumjaithai contestants for prime minister in addition to himself

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People’s names 4 contestants for deputy PMs, only Nattapong pitted for PM

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S TODAY (Dec.18) named four partisan contestants who are merely running for deputy prime ministers whilst People’s leader Nattapong Ruengpanyawut will only vie for head of government in the Feb.8 election. During a two-day seminar of People’s electoral candidates at a Bangkok hotel, Nattapong formally unveiled the four People’s

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People’s vow to become largest elected camp in nationwide race to Parliament

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE’S LEADER NATTAPONG Ruengpanyawut today (Dec.12) vowed to see to it that the reformist party will literally become the largest elected camp in an upcoming, general election so that, he remarked, they would be no longer “double-crossed” by others following yesterday’s political dilemma over unfruitful constitution amendment efforts which apparently

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Paetongtarn urged to step down due to Pheu Thai-led govt’s instability

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHIEF OPPOSITION WHIP Pakornwut Udompipatsakul today (Aug.19) called on the court-suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to step down now, regardless of an approaching verdict of the Constitutional Court on an impeachment lawsuit filed against her. The MP of the People’s, the largest opposition party, said the embattled prime minister, daughter

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