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Madam Pang tipped to be named Democrat secretary-general

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters NUALPAN LAMSAM, better known as Madam Pang, might probably be named Democrat secretary-general in a party caucus to pick a new leadership of the Old School conservative camp scheduled for the upcoming Saturday, a partisan source said today (Oct.13). Madam Pang, the current president of the Football Association of Thailand,

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Pipat confident of Democrat MPs’ planned departure for Bhumjaithai

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME Minister-cum-Transport Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn today (Oct.7) rested assured of an upcoming phenomenon in which a number of Democrat MPs representing southern constituencies will depart for the Bhumjaithai to seek re-election under the tickets of the core of the current coalition government despite the likelihood of Abhisit Vejjajiva coming

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‘Thaksinism’ continues to stay in politics even with founder behind bars: Academic

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters “THAKSINISM” WILL likely keep its presence felt in Thailand’s political landscape albeit with diminished bargaining power despite its founder/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra being literally put behind bars, supposedly serving his one-year jail term, remarked a noted academic today (Sep.10). Though Thaksin was yesterday sent back to jail

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Thaksin scrambles to get Prayut return as PM

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra was covertly scrambling to have former coup leader-turned-prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha named for prime minister again in a last-ditch effort to prolong his Pheu Thai-led coalition government, a partisan source said today (Sep.2). The mega-billionaire, power playing Thaksin has conjured another secret deal

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People’s dare Pheu Thai-attached caretaker PM to dissolve House now

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S TODAY (Sep. 1) dared the Pheu Thai-attached caretaker Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai to dissolve the House of Representatives now in order to call a general election without unnecessarily waiting for a decision of the largest opposition party to pick any partisan candidate for prime minister. People’s spokesperson/MP Parit

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Parallel lawsuit lodged in pursuit of Paetongtarn’s ouster by Supreme Court

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters FOR FEAR OF the possibility that the court-suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra might be acquitted of an impeachment case by the Constitutional Court on the upcoming Friday, a parallel lawsuit was filed by a group of political activists to the National Anti-Corruption Commission today (Aug.26) and supposedly destined for the

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Paetongtarn advised to admit making mistake during chitchat with Hun Sen

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA was yesterday (Aug.20) suggested to wholeheartedly accept during today’s (Aug.21) testimony before the Constitutional Court the mistake which she evidently made during last June’s leaked cellphone conversation with Cambodian leader Hun Sen in effort to help herself survive an impeachment lawsuit filed in pursuit of her ouster as

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Paetongtarn’s refusal to step down means predicted survival in court: Academic

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE COURT-SUSPENDED prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been quietly assured of a victory in court over an impeachment lawsuit, thus resolutely refusing to step down at any time from now until Aug.29, the date on which the Constitutional Court is scheduled to deliver a verdict on it, according to a

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Paetongtarn to testify in court over leaked phone chitchat with Hun Sen

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE COURT-SUSPENDED prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra would likely testify before the Constitutional Court next Thursday over an impeachment lawsuit filed against her in the wake of a leaked cellphone chitchat between Cambodian leader Hun Sen and herself, according to Prommin Lertsuridej, secretary-general to the embattled prime minister. Prommin said today

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Thaksin anticipates Paetongtarn’s survival over impeachment bid

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters GIVEN A LAST-DITCH lobbyism and abundant resources at his disposal, de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra is certainly anticipating his daughter/court-suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to barely survive an impeachment lawsuit which could otherwise result in an ouster of the elected head of government by court later this month,

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Paetongtarn might resign before verdict on August 29: Somchai

  WITH THE Constitutional Court having today (Aug. 13) announced that the verdict on an impeachment case against suspended Prime Minister/Culture Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra over a leaked telephone conversation with Cambodian leader Hun Sen about the border conflict is to be delivered on August 29, experts are now predicting that she will resign before then,

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Thaksin scrambles to keep coalition partners under control

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters  DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has orchestrated a show of solidarity among coalition partners during yesterday’s (July 22) dinner at a Bangkok hotel with intent to manifest his sustained ability to keep the Pheu Thai-led government under control, albeit in behind-the-scenes fashion, no matter whether his daughter-turned-prime minister

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Big names in Bhumjaithai suspected of involvement in money-laundering scam

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters CERTAIN, HIGH-PROFILED figures among the Bhumjaithai rank and file have been suspected of involvement in money-laundering activities pertaining to alleged irregularities over last year’s senatorial elections, Department of Special Investigation Director-General Yutthana Praedam said today (July 18). Given an in-depth investigation by the DSI into the scandalous, electoral fraud featuring

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