By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION of Thailand has called on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down before a legal controversy over his eight years in power is finally settled in court. The lawyers association today (August 11) issued a statement signed by Narinpong Jinapuck, president of the association, advising Prayut to
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Prayut cannot be compared with Prem over years in power: Wissanu
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER WISSANU Krea-ngam said today (August 9) Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha cannot be compared with the late statesman Prem Tinsulanonda as to whether the former may ever step down after eight years in power. The deputy premier in charge of legal affairs was responding to Prayut’s critics calling
Read more‘Banana-feeding’ allegation lodged against major coalition partner, 6 splinter parties
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission was today (August 5) petitioned to investigate scandals in which MPs of six splinter parties have accepted kickbacks in cash from a major coalition partner, allegedly referring to Palang Pracharath Party. Somchai Srisutthiyakorn and Vera Somkwamkid of Thai Liberal Party lodged the petition for the anti-graft agency
Read morePirapan becomes top leader of new pro-Prayut party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER DEMOCRAT MP Pirapan Salirathavibhaga has become top leader of a brand-new Ruam Thai Sarng Chart Party, widely known to be supportive of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. In today’s (August 3) extraordinary caucus of Ruam Thai Sarng Chart Party, Pirapan was named top leader of the MP-less party which is largely
Read moreRetired general becomes top leader of United Nation Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A RETIRED ARMY general has become top leader of a little-known coalition partner United Nation Party. In today’s (August 1) extraordinary caucus of United Nation Party, Wit Thephasadin na Ayudhya was named top leader of the one-MP coalition partner whilst former Thai Rak Thai MP Chamlong Krudkhuntod was named secretary-general
Read morePrayut, Anupong irked at ‘renegade votes’ cast by some Palang Pracharath MPs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha and Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda have looked considerably frustrated and appalled at last Saturday’s event in which certain coalition MPs voted no-confidence in the latter and their overt moves to promote Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan as interior minister. Prayut and Anupong today (July 26) discussed
Read morePrayut, all other censured ministers survive no-confidence vote
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha and 10 other cabinet members survived today’s (July 23) censure/no-confidence motion, with the premier-cum-defence minister being given 256 votes of confidence against 206 votes of no confidence. Following four long days of censure debate, beginning last Tuesday, most MPs on both sides of the parliament aisle
Read morePrawit’s coup remark triggers laughter during censure debate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A RARE, SPONTANEOUS remark made by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan during today’s (July 20) censure debate instantly sent most MPs bursting into laughter. Prawit rose to his feet on a raised platform in the parliament chamber to not only deny that he was in any way involved in the 2014
Read moreThai Economic MPs resign as govt whips following by-election defeat
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TWO THAI ECONOMIC MPs today (July 12) resigned as government whips, following Sunday’s defeat of their party in a by-election for MP of Lampang. MP Pai Lick and MP Boonsing Warintharak, who concurrently perform as secretary-general and registrar of Thai Economic Party respectively, tendered their letter of resignation as government
Read moreMassive petition in pursuit of local autonomy lodged at parliament
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A MASSIVE PETITION IN PURSUIT of local autonomy for which the constitution may be amended accordingly was lodged at parliament today (July 11). Move Forward Party and Progressive Movement Group jointly submitted the petition endorsed by 80,772 signatures of people nationwide and primarily designed to establish local autonomy in all provinces
Read moreWissanu: Ask Constitutional Court about Prayut’s eight-year tenure
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER Wissanu Krea-ngam today (June 30) encouraged those who may wonder whether Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will have spent a maximum of eight years in power by the upcoming August to call on the Constitutional Court for judgement. Wissanu told reporters at Government House that Prayut’s eight-year tenure
Read moreThammanat tells Prayut to quit if any minister targeted in censure debate flounders
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha was suggested today (June 29) to consider stepping down if any individual cabinet members are intensely grilled for their alleged wrongdoings and barely given a yea vote in an approaching censure/no-confidence motion. Thai Economic party leader Thammanat Prompao advised that Prayut claim full, prompt responsibility by resigning
Read moreAbhisit doubts Prayut could efficiently run the country at all
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PREMIER ABHISIT Vejjajiva today (June 27) questioned Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s ability to run the country at all since he could not even find a few hours to spend responding to last week’s House interpellation. During a seminar held at parliament on the 90th anniversary of the 1932 Revolution of
Read moreAnalysis: Prayut will survive censure motion, major cabinet reshuffle tipped to follow
By Out-Crowd PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha will likely survive next month’s censure/no-confidence motion which might probably be followed by a major cabinet reshuffle since the Palang Pracharath-led coalition government’s four-year term is scheduled to end next March. The approaching censure debate and subsequent no-confidence votes against Prayut and 10 other cabinet members will not
Read moreBhumjaithai Party all set to keep Prayut in power: Nattawut
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER RED SHIRT leader Nattawut Saikua today (June 18) discouraged local villagers of Sisaket from picking any future Bhumjaithai candidates running for MPs otherwise, he said, they would only look to keep Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in power beyond the next general election. During the so-called “Chase the Rat, Swat
Read moreThammanat named top leader of Thai Economic Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MAVERICK MP Thammanat Prompao today (June 10) was named top leader of Thai Economic Party. In an extraordinary caucus, Thammanat was unanimously voted as the top leader of Thai Economic Party whereas MP Pai Lik was named secretary-general of the “independent” party among a total of 22 members of its executive
Read moreMingkwan sets up Thai Opportunity Party, intends to run for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER MP Mingkwan Sangsuwan today (June 8) announced the setting up of Thai Opportunity Party with himself being top leader of the brand-new party and with intent to run for head of a post-election government. The former MP of New Economics Party who earlier resigned as lawmaker in the middle
Read morePrayut downplays hearsay of him taking helm of Palang Pracharath Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha today (June 7) downplayed hearsay that he would sooner or later become top leader of Palang Pracharath Party in place of its current leader, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan. Prayut told reporters at Government House he had never heard of such rumours until today that he
Read more20 splinter-party MPs might leave for Thai Economic Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TWENTY MPs of splinter parties might leave their current camps for the Thai Economic Party, said one of their lawmakers today (May 25). Tairaktham MP Pirawit Ruangluedolapak said the 20 MPs of the splinter parties, most of which only have one MP each, might probably decide to join ranks with 18
Read moreChadchart’s landslide win deals crushing blow to Prayut regime: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHADCHART SITTIPUNT’S landslide victory as Bangkok governor has dealt a crushing blow to the Prayut regime as a whole, according to a noted university academic. The results of Sunday’s gubernatorial and Bangkok Metropolitan council elections have significantly underscored the current situation in which most Bangkokians have no longer relied on
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