PEOPLE’S Party hit back at Pheu Thai after being accused of launching a no-confidence debate too soon as this government has only been at the helm for three months by pointing out that the timing depends on when corruption occurs, Naewna newspaper said late yesterday (Dec. 5). People’s MP Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn said that as
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Thaksin to exploit legal loopholes, use personal power to bring Yingluck home
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has quietly resolved to use legal loopholes and apply his thinly veiled, personal power by which his fugitive sister/former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra could probably return home without being subsequently thrown in jail, a partisan source confirmed today (Dec. 4). The billionaire power
Read moreBoonsong’s release not leading to Yingluck’s return: PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra today (Dec. 3) categorically denied yesterday’s release of former Pheu Thai commerce minister-turned-convict Boonsong Teriyabhirom on parole might probably prompt a foreseeable homecoming of her fugitive aunt/former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra from self-exile abroad. Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, dismissed speculation
Read moreDon’t ignore Sonthi’s protest warning: Thepthai
A FORMER MP warned the government to be careful and not underestimate a warning by former yellow shirt movement leader and media proprietor Sonthi Limthongkul that he will again rouse street demonstrations when the time is ripe and wanted to discuss some key issues with Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, TV Channel 7 said this
Read moreNACC urged to stop wasting time trying to find Thaksin’s medical records
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission and a court of justice were today (Nov. 26) advised to stop wasting time fruitlessly searching for de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s medical records at Police Hospital. Former senator Direkrit Jenkhrongtham posted on his Facebook page to suggest the NACC and the court simply
Read morePheu Thai still being probed over alleged political party law violation
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE under care of the Election Commission is continuing to investigate allegations that the Pheu Thai had breached the Political Party Act despite the Constitutional Court’s latest judgment to lift rule-undermining charges against the ruling party, according to a senior official of the polling agency. Election Commission Secretary-General
Read morePheu Thai to strike back at accuser over rule-undermining lawsuit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI PLANS TO file a countersuit against a lawyer activist who has unsuccessfully accused de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra and the largest ruling party of taking action to undermine rule. Chief government whip Wisut Chaiyanarun confirmed today (Nov. 23) the Pheu Thai headed by Thaksin’s daughter-turned-Prime
Read moreThaksin brags about Yingluck’s planned homecoming ahead of Songkran
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has reconfirmed that his sister/former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra would return home from self-exile abroad by next April. During a recent interview with Nikkei Asia in Thailand, the de facto Pheu Thai boss said the fugitive former prime minister who has been earlier
Read moreThaksin bargains for Paetongtarn to be spared suspension as PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has recently held hush-hush talks with unidentified, highly-placed figures in a last-ditch effort to bargain for his daughter-turned-Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to stay in power, a partisan source said today (Nov. 18). Given an encompassing lawsuit earlier filed against Thaksin and his largest
Read morePita declares Udon Thani capital of democracy
FORMER Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat declared while supporting People’s candidate in an Udon Thai local election that this Northeastern city, which many call the capital of Red Shirts, is actually the capital of democracy, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Nov. 16). People’s candidate Khanisorn Khurirang, who is facing Pheu Thai candidate Saravut Petpanomporn
Read morePita accepts Thaksin’s challenge, urges PM to set up Section 112 screening committee
FORMER Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat, who is in Udon Thani to support People’s Party candidate in a local election, said he accepts de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s challenge to repeal outdated laws instead of proposing new ones while urging Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to set up a committee to screen lawsuits
Read moreThaksin to join Pheu Thai workshop as ‘invited expert’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra will certainly attend a partisan workshop in Hua Hin next month, confirmed Pheu Thai Secretary-General Sorawong Thienthong today (Nov. 15). Given his being a former prime minister with business and administrative experience, the de facto Pheu Thai boss will join the partisan seminar
Read moreGraft agency drags its feet on Thaksin’s hospital stay
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a dilly-dally, bureaucratic red-tape tradition, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is definitely not going to decide any time soon as to whether to launch a truthful inquiry into de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s alleged fake-out at Police Hospital until next February, a senior
Read moreHouse panel summons Thaksin to testify on Police Hospital stay
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS THAKSIN Shinawatra and high-level government officials were today (Nov. 12) summoned for testimony before a House committee later this month pertaining to last year’s contentious stay of the then-convict at large at Police Hospital. House Committee on Security, Border Affairs, National Strategies & National Reform
Read moreBoth Thaksin and Pita heading to Udon Thani for local election
BOTH de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra and Pita Limjaroenrat, former leader of Move Forward Party, which was dissolved then reborn as People’s Party, are heading for Udon Thani to give support to their respective camp’s candidates running for chairman of the Provincial Administration Organisation with the local election taking place on Sunday
Read morePM offers to ‘cooperate’ over dad’s stay at Police Hospital
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra today (Nov. 5) offered to “cooperate” with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) in search of information pertaining to her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s previous, contentious stay at Police Hospital. Though the prime minister-cum-Pheu Thai leader yesterday declined to comment on the controversy surrounding
Read moreNACC urged to ask PM for info about her father’s medical treatment
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission was suggested today (Nov 4) to directly ask Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for information pertaining to her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s medical treatment at Police Hospital. Thai Liberal leader Seripisut Temiyavej advised the NACC to officially call on the prime minister to provide
Read moreThaksin no longer happy-go-lucky power player
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra could no longer afford to be a carefree, happy-go-lucky power player or underestimate his frenemies’ potential in the face of multiple legal battles which could possibly result in an ouster of his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra as elected prime minister and a dissolution of
Read morePaetongtarn will likely dissolve House in 90 days: Democrat Party member
A DEMOCRAT Party member foresees Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra dissolving the House of Representatives and calling an election in 90 days’ time before the Constitutional Court rules on a lawsuit against de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra and the largest ruling party, Amarin TV said today (Oct. 27). Former maverick MP Mongkolkit Suksintharanon,
Read moreConstitutional Court urges OAG to forward anti-Thaksin lawsuit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as bureaucratic red tape, the Constitutional Court today (Oct. 22) demanded that the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) take action in the wake of a lawsuit earlier filed against de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra and the largest ruling party and forward it over to
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