By Thai Newsroom Reporters A POLITICAL ACTIVIST group today (Sep.12) called on the Department of Corrections to never upgrade the convicted criminal status for de facto Pheu Thai boss-turned-inmate Thaksin Shinawatra which could otherwise provide him leniency to the extent that he be literally “detained” outside of a prison sooner or later. The People’s
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Court-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 moreRuam Thai Sang Chart faces party dissolution bid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE RUAM THAI SANG CHART, the currently second largest coalition partner of the Pheu Thai-led government, has been thrown into a pivotal legal battle with a fresh petition filed today (June 25) in pursuit of dissolution of the ultra-conservative party and a political ban to all the party’s executive board
Read morePolling agency urged to suspend Sawaeng over senatorial rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION was today (March 19) appealed to indefinitely suspend the polling agency’s secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee from work, pending probe into duty-negligence charges filed against him. A group of reserve senators today petitioned Election Commission Chair Itthiporn Boonprakhong to indefinitely suspend Sawaeng from performing his official duties, pending the
Read moreStop Gambling Foundation gathering 50,000 signatures to dump casinos
THE Stop Gambling Foundation together with 200 partner organisations are gathering 50,000 signatures for their petition to the Pheu Thai-led government to stop opening casinos within the planned entertainment complex projects and hold a referendum on this issue first before making any move, Naewna newspaper said. At a press conference on the topic “People
Read moreSerial petitioner calls for probe of Thaksin-Anwar Ibrahim meeting
A POLITICAL activist who is often referred to as a serial petitioner today (Jan. 2) called on Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to investigate whether her father/ de facto Pheu Thai boss had violated a court order forbidding him from leaving the country in recently meeting Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on a yacht somewhere
Read moreFresh bid hatched to have Thaksin returned to jail
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME COURT will be formally asked to pass a retroactive ruling to return de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to prison after he had practically failed to serve a royal pardon-curtailed, one-year jail term last year. Former Democrat MP Charnchai Issarasenarak will shortly petition Supreme Court judges in
Read moreFormer Democrat MPs moving against Thaksin: Lawyer
A LAWYER said in a Facebook post today (Oct. 20) that some former Democrat Party MPs are gearing up to petition the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions to determine whether the Corrections Department violated the law by moving de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to Police Hospital for medical
Read moreAdministrative Court asked to delay ratification of all 200 senators-designate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT was today (July 8) petitioned to indefinitely delay an official ratification of all 200 senators-designate, pending a sought-after probe by the Election Commission into alleged bloc-vote riggings and electoral irregularities. Defeated senatorial contestant Chakrapong Khongpanya today submitted the complaint to the Administrative Court in pursuit of an
Read moreThai-Khmer deal around Kood Island alleged as null and void
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT was today (June 13) petitioned to declare null and void an allegedly invalid Thai-Cambodian bilateral deal on a shared maritime resources development scheme planned over the last couple of decades. Former Palang Pracharath MP Paiboon Nititawan filed the petition for the Constitutional Court to consider declaring the
Read moreCommissioners go ahead with Sunday’s district-level senatorial election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION today (June 7) resolved to hold an initial stage of the triple-tiered senatorial election nationwide on the upcoming Sunday as earlier planned. The nine election commissioners reached the unanimous decision to hold the district-level election for senator among eligible candidates on the approaching Sunday despite accusations of
Read moreCourt decision on PM impeachment bid expected on Thursday
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT is expected on upcoming Thursday to either accept or waive a senatorial petition for the judicial body to consider impeaching Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and Prime Minister’s Office Minister Pichit Chuenban, an official said today (May 18). If the surprise petition recently filed by 40 senators is
Read moreActing senators call on Constitutional Court to consider impeaching Srettha
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTION COURT has been petitioned by a group of acting senators to consider impeaching Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and putting an end to his elected premiership as well as the newly-given ministerial status of one of his cabinet members. The group of 40 acting senators have lodged the surprise
Read moreGovt urged restore bail access to political defendants
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A GROUP OF PRO-DEMOCRACY activists today (May 16) urged the government to return access to release under bail to all politically-charged defendants. The pro-democracy activists including Patasaravalee Tanakitvibulpon, Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul and Jatupat Boonpattararaksa lodged the petition at Government House for the Pheu Thai-led government to return bail access to
Read moreCourt overruling sought against ban on senatorial candidates’ self-introduction on social media
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE COURT was today (Apr. 30) petitioned to consider overruling the Election Commission’s contentious prohibition on the self-introduction of any would-be senatorial candidates on all media platforms. Former senators Panat Tasneeyanond filed the petition with the Central Administrative Court in pursuit of a court waiver of the Election
Read moreAnti-graft agency asked to quizz senior officials over Thaksin case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission has been petitioned to conduct an inquiry into questionable performance of certain high-level government officials which could allegedly tantamount to a practice of double standards in favour of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra. Former Democrat MP Watchara Petthong has submitted his petition
Read moreMedical Council asked to probe Thaksin’s doctors
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MEDICAL COUNCIL was today (Dec.25) petitioned to investigate allegations that certain doctors had violated a professional code of ethics to keep de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra from jail. Former Democrat MP Watchara Petthong filed the petition against doctors of Bangkok Remand Prison and Police Hospital with Itthaporn
Read moreAdministrative Court to judge whether Thaksin is clinically or ‘politically’ ill
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT WILL be shortly petitioned to judge whether de facto Pheu Thai boss/convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra is clinically or “politically” ill. Political activist Srisuwan Janya confirmed today (Dec.1) he will shortly file a petition to the Administrative Court in search of a ruling on whether the de
Read moreNew constitution campaign gets over 50,000 signatures before deadline
A RUSHED campaign launched by Internet Dialogue on Law Reform (iLaw) and other activist groups to get the public to sign on paper petitioning the new government to introduce a referendum on whether a completely new constitution should be written managed to get more that 50,000 signatures before 8 p.m. deadline today (Aug. 25),
Read moreThanathorn urges public to sign petition to draft new charter
PROGRESSIVE Movement chairman Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit posted a message on X, formerly Twitter, urging the public to sign on paper that they support the writing of a new constitution after the Election Commission refused to accept an e-petition supported by 53,500 people, Matichon newspaper said today (Aug. 24). Thanathorn said human rights watchdog iLaw and
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