By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul today (July 27) called anyone’s legal moves to have the Bhumjaithai, core of the current coalition government, dissolved by court pertaining to 2024’s senatorial rigging scandals “pathetic” and repeatedly denied that he had been by any means involved in such electoral frauds. Asked by reporters whether
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PM, Bhumjaithai ministers accused of involvement in alleged senatorial rigging conspiracy
‘ By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul and several other members of his cabinet were yesterday (July 21) publicly accused of clandestine, unlawful involvement in the alleged rigging of 2024’s senatorial election now that the Election Commission has been repeatedly taken to task for dragging their feet on the notorious issue. Yingcheep Atchanont,
Read moreAnutin has no courage to fight vices at Ministry of Interior: Nattapong
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE’S LEADER Nattapong Ruengpanyawut today (July 15) straightforwardly took Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to task, saying he has not seemed to have courage to combat wrongdoings allegedly perpetrated by high-ranking government officials at the Ministry of Interior where he himself is taking charge in concurrent fashion. The People’s leader charged
Read moreNo hush-hush meet between Anutin and Thaksin/Paetongtarn in KL?
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul has categorically dismissed speculation that he might probably see a couple of his predecessors, namely de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra and his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra, albeit in hush-hush fashion somewhere in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur between tomorrow (July 9) and the following
Read morePM urged to dissolve House or step down if govt’s executive decree denied by court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul was today (July 7) advised either to dissolve the House of Representatives or to resign if the Bhumjaithai-led government’s executive decree supposedly designed to address economic woes was ruled by the Constitutional Court as unconstitutional on the upcoming Thursday. Deputy People’s leader/MP Parit Wacharasindhu insisted that
Read moreConflict of interest emerges between Anutin and Newin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CONFLICT of interest has quietly loomed between Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob over bureaucratic transfers between Interior Ministry Undersecretary Ansit Sampantharat, known as invariably obedient to the former, and Provincial Administration Department Director-General Narucha Kosacivilize, viewed as personally staunch to the latter, according to
Read moreJustice Minister reproached for avoiding House inquiry into senatorial rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters JUSTICE Minister Rutthapol Naowarat was today (July 2) lambasted for unjustifiably circumventing the People’s-led, sustained probe into 2024’s senatorial vote-buying, electoral rigging scandals allegedly involving Bhumjaithai leader/Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob’s son/party secretary-general Chaichanok Chidchob, according to an opposition MP. Rutthapol was reportedly quoted
Read morePeople’s MPs not afraid of Chaichanok’s father: Rukchanok
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OUTSPOKEN PEOPLE’S MP Rukchanok Srinork today (June 24) reassured that she and fellow lawmakers of the largest opposition party will certainly remain undaunted by unlawful influence of de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob in regard to the contentious THAI-AI Passport project pushed by his son/Digital Economy & Society Minister Chaichanok
Read morePawoot urged to publicly clear himself of suspected forex scam
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE’S MP Pawoot Pongvitayapanu was today (June 23) encouraged to clear himself to the public of alleged involvement in a foreign exchange trading scam after he has recently remained tightlipped in the face of allegations launched by the Department of Special Investigation. Deputy People’s leader Sirikanya Tansakun suggested Pawoot who
Read morePeople’s unjustly defamed with forex scam to distract public attention on AI project: Pijarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S Party in general and a certain People’s MP in particular may have been unfairly vilified by unknown persons who had openly accused the opposition lawmaker in a foreign exchange scam with some hidden intent to divert public attention from the Bhumjaithai-led government’s contentious TH-AI Passport project, said People’s
Read morePawut will be undefended if found involved in forex scams: Pukkamon
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE’S MP Pawut Pongwithayapanu will definitely be undefended by the opposition party and be no exception to the law if he is ever found evidently involved in foreign exchange scams on which the authorities have been cracking down, the People’s spokesperson Pukkamon Nunarnan confirmed today (June 18). Pukkamon made her
Read moreNACC, EC asked to probe ‘Do help the Blue’ scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A COUPLE OF “independent” agencies are being petitioned tomorrow (June 9) to look into allegations that Provincial Administration Department Director-General Narucha Kosacivilize had unlawfully, evidently instructed his subordinate officials such as one in Phuket to “Do help the Blue” pertaining to the ruling Bhumjaithai’s electoral campaign earlier this year. People’s
Read moreAd hoc panel sought to probe NACC’s failure over Saksayam’s asset concealment case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PARLIAMENT President Sopon Zaram was today (June 5) asked by the People’s-led opposition to relay a formal request for the Supreme Court to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s failure to press asset concealment charges against former transport minister/former Bhumjaithai secretary-general Saksayam Chidchob. The
Read moreMulti-partisan panel proposed to look into ‘Do Help the Blue’ scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A MULTI-PARTISAN, ad hoc committee was today (June 4) proposed set up in unprecedented fashion to look into allegations that a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Interior had surreptitiously ordered any of his subordinates to illicitly support Bhumjaithai contestants vying for MP in the Feb.8 general election, specifically those
Read moreThaksin tipped to express points of view sooner than later
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss Thaksin Shinawatra who has been recently released on parole is anticipated to resume his role in public as a sensational, straightforward critic over political, economic and international issues sooner than later without himself waiting to be formally freed from his one-year jail sentence in the
Read moreThaksin stronger, not retiring from politics: Academic
WHILE some people have said de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, who was released on parole on Monday (May 11), will now retire from politics an academic thinks otherwise seeing him to have emerged from his lair stronger and more powerful, Amarin TV said this evening (May 13). Mahanakorn University of Technology political
Read moreThai political index plunged in April amid economic woes: Suan Dusit poll
A NATIONWIDE political survey by Suan Dusit University showed that respondents rated the overall Thai political index for April at an average 3.79 points, down from 3.89 in March, Naewna newspaper said today (May 3). Under this opinion poll, conducted both online and in the field during April 27-30 among a sample of 2,214
Read moreAnutin backs Supajee amid social media rebuke
PRIME Minister/Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (May 1) jumped to support Deputy Prime Minister/Commerce Minister Supajee Suthumpun who has been lambasted on social media pointing out that she works incredibly hard and is not at all discouraged, PPTVHD36 said. Asked by reporters if Supajee is facing difficult times, Anutin retorted, “Who says Ms. Supajee
Read moreAnutin rules out Saksayam joining the cabinet
PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul today (April 30) denied Mr. Saksayam Chidchob, former transport minister and Bhumjaithai secretary-general who is also de facto party boss Newin Chidchob’s brother, will be brought into the cabinet even though there is still a vacant seat, Neawna newspaper and Amarin TV said. People’s Party last week questioned whether the
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,
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