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NACC, 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

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Ad 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

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Multi-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

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Anutin 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

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Anutin 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

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Supreme 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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Anutin II cabinet to have 28 ministers under Bhumjaithai quota, 8 under Pheu Thai

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BHUMJAITHAI-LED cabinet of ministers headed by Prime Minister-Designate Anutin Charnvirakul will likely consist of 24 Bhumjaithai figures plus four “non-politician” technocrats under the quota of the largest elected party steered by de facto party boss Newin Chidchob and eight others from the Pheu Thai, the second largest coalition partner,

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Somsak looks to take ministerial seat alongside Suriya

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOMSAK THEPSUTHIN, co-leader of Sam Mit Group inside the Pheu Thai, the potential, second largest coalition partner, was quietly struggling to grab a ministerial seat after his faction had landed victories for dozens of their protege contestants in last month’s election. Somsak, known as an entrusted partner of Suriya Juangroongruangkit,

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Bhumjaithai-led govt set up with 291 coalition MPs but without Klatham or Democrats

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters A POTENTIAL Bhumjaithai-led coalition government has been quietly set up by de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob with a combined force of 291 MPs under his command and without the Klatham or the Democrats in the post-election executive branch under re-elected premiership of Anutin Charnvirakul, partisan sources confirmed today (Mar.9).

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Yodchanan tipped to be named Pheu Thai leader

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters YODCHANAN Wongsawat, nephew of de facto Pheu Thai boss-turned-inmate Thaksin Shinawatra, would probably be named leader of the neo-conservative party sooner or later in place of the current, powerless one, Julapun Amornvivat, according to a partisan source. Yodchanan, son of Thaksin’s sister Yaowapa Wongsawat and former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat,

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No old-timer politicians welcome in Bhumjaithai-led cabinet

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO OLD-TIMER politicians will be wholeheartedly welcome in a Bhumjaithai-led cabinet of ministers so they may eventually become “more acceptable” to members of society than earlier anticipated, a partisan source confirmed over the weekend. The Bhumjaithai, core of the potential coalition government decisively conducted by de facto party boss Newin

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Bhumjaithai-led coalition finally opts to do without Klatham, Democrats

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a last-minute twist in complicated, unpredictable political affairs, a Bhumjaithai-led coalition government will finally do without the Klatham or the Democrats but secure a majority of 300 designate-MPs primarily obliged to vote Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul for head of the executive branch again, partisan

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Klatham probably kept out of Bhumjaithai-led coalition

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE KLATHAM, the ultra-conservative party steered by de facto party boss Thammanat Prompao, might probably be kept out of a Bhumjaithai-led coalition government despite hush-hush lobbyism lately exercised, according to a partisan source. Thammanat has quietly orchestrated personal negotiations albeit to no avail whilst de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob

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Chaichanok’s attitude against Pheu Thai only ‘personal’ view: Anutin

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul today (Jan.17) downplayed an unanticipated remark recently made by Bhumjaithai Secretary-General Chaichanok Chidchob that the current core of the caretaker government would not align with the Pheu Thai to set up a potential coalition government after the Feb.8 election due to the latter’s alleged connections

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Most people dissatisfied with Bhumjaithai-led govt: KPI poll

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST AMONG a few thousands of people have expressed dissatisfaction with performance of the Bhumjaithai-led coalition government, according to the latest opinion poll of the King Prajadhipok Institute. The KPI poll released today (Dec. 26) and conducted recently with a total of 2,016 people in all regions of the country

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