By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S today (April 24) pledged to slug it out over a legal battle currently besieging reformist legislators, past and present, who remain practically undaunted by a disreputable, sustained legacy of undemocratic rule passed down from a coup to keep them in trouble. In a press conference at a Bangkok
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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
Read moreSupreme 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,
Read moreVeerayooth tipped to replace Nattapong as People’s leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters VEERAYOOTH KANCHOOCHAT will likely be named leader of the People’s in a planned reshuffle of the reformist party’s rank and file whilst current People’s leader Nattapong Ruengpanyawut is largely speculated to be instead named secretary-general of the largest opposition party later this month. a partisan source confirmed today (April 15).
Read moreNACC advised to withhold lese majeste case against 10 People’s MPs until after Songkran
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE’S LEADER Nattapong Ruengpanyawut today (April 8) suggested the National Anti-Corruption Commission not file a lese majeste lawsuit against some of his fellow MPs and himself until after Songkran festival later this month so they could take the Bhumjaithai-led government’s policies into account during floor debate scheduled for tomorrow (April
Read moreSupreme Court asked to spare 10 People’s MPs’ legislative duties
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE’S LEADER Nattapong Ruengpanyawut today (April 7) insisted that the Supreme Court keep legislative duties of some of his fellow MPs and himself intact from a lese majeste lawsuit being filed against them as the Bhumjaithai-led government’s policy statement is scheduled very shortly for debate at parliament. Nattapong was referring
Read more6 baht fuel price hike will not stop smuggling: MP
THE SUDDEN increase of oil prices by 6 baht a litre in the middle of the night will not significantly solve the problem of smuggling fuel to neighbouring countries because the price difference is still very high with a gradual or tiered increase based on world market being a more appropriate measure, People’s MP
Read moreElection 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
Read morePeople’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
Read morePeople’s calls for recounting of votes in 10 questionable constituencies
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’s, the second largest elected party in Sunday’s election, today (Feb.10) called for the recounting of votes in 10 constituencies amidst allegations of electoral rigging and irregularities. Given complaints of electoral rigging and irregularities filed by people in those constituencies and elsewhere in the provinces, the reformist camp insisted
Read morePeople’s to retain highest popularity among all contesting camps
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S will likely retain the highest popular status among all parties contesting tomorrow’s (Feb.8) general election to emerge as the largest elected camp, winning most out of a total 500 MP seats, followed by the Bhumjaithai, currently core of the caretaker government, according to informed sources. Given sustained partisan
Read morePeople’s leader confirms he is ready to become PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S LEADER Nattapong Ruengpanyawut today (Feb.6) confirmed he is ready, able and willing to become prime minister after the upcoming Sunday’s election with unfaltering intent to change the country for the better as promised in public over the past several weeks of the reformist camp’s electoral campaign. During the
Read moreAt Last, People’s coming up with one-word campaign message – change
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a final touch of the People’s electoral campaign a few days prior to the upcoming Sunday’s election, gigantic roadside signs are drawing attention among passers-by in Bangkok and the provinces as well as online viewers simply with a one-word message – Change. The People’s gigantic
Read morePeople’s tipped as largest elected party with 150-180 MP seats: NIDA academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S will likely emerge as the largest elected party winning as many as 180 MP seats in the Feb.8 election, thus deserving the opportunity to become core of a coalition government, a noted academic forecast today (Jan.23). According to NIDA’s Political & Development Strategies Project Director Pichai Ratanadilok na
Read morePeople’s the only party that will deny Anutin for PM: Nattapong
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S WILL BE the only contesting party to resolutely deny Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul a prolonged premiership after the Feb.8 election whilst all other parties may effortlessly do otherwise, confirmed People’s leader Nattapong Ruengpanyawut today (Jan.22). If the People’s fail to come out as the largest elected party
Read morePeople’s will be in opposition bloc if Bhumjaithai comes out as largest elected one: Thanathorn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THANATHORN JUANGROONGRUANGKIT said today (Jan.16) the People’s will definitely be part of the opposition bloc at parliament if the Bhumjaithai emerges as the largest elected party in the Feb. 8 election, thus deserving the first opportunity to set up a government. The Progressive Movement leader made his latest comment to
Read moreMost still have confidence in People’s despite money-laundering charges filed against own candidates: Poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST PEOPLE have been found to continue to have confidence in the party called the People’s despite recent events in which a couple of the reformist camp’s electoral candidates have been arrested on charges of involvement in “grey” businesses. According to an online opinion poll conducted last night (Jan.15) by
Read morePeople’s candidate has operated gambling website: Cyber Crime Police
By Thai Newsroom Reporters EX-PEOPLE’S MP Ratchapong Soisuwan who is seeking re-election in Tak and was arrested on charges of involvement in money-laundering business yesterday (Jan.14) had allegedly operated an online gambling platform which had evidently led to money-laundering activity, police said today (Jan.15). Deputy Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau commissioner Pol.Maj.Gen.Tinakorn Rangmatya said the
Read moreNo more People’s vote for Anutin for PM: Nattapong
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S WILL ultimately not vote in support of Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul for head of government again under any circumstances after the Feb.8 general election, People’s leader Nattapong Ruengpanyawut reconfirmed today (Jan.12). Though the People’s ex-MPs had done so to land Anutin an elected premiership with a Bhumjaithai-led
Read morePeople’s future MPs will no longer vote Anutin for PM: Thanathorn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER FUTURE FORWARD leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit today (Jan.8) told people in a Bhumjaithai-dominated constituency that the People’s future MPs will definitely not vote Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul for head of government after the Feb.8 general election no matter if the reformist camp will eventually become the largest elected one
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