FORMER POLICE chief Pol. Gen. Sereepisuth Temeeyaves, who is head of the one-MP Thai Liberal Party, said after meeting the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) that de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra being admitted to the 14th floor of the Police Hospital right away without a check-up at the intensive care unit (ICU) shows
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Thammanat denies planning to name Suchart for House speaker
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH MP THAMMANAT Prompao today (June 28) categorically denied he had planned to name Pheu Thai MP Suchart Tancharoen as a contestant against Move Forward MP Padipat Santipada for House speaker. The re-elected MP of Payao confirmed he has observed the political etiquette to not tamper with the post-election
Read moreTight security as MP application kicks off tomorrow
POLICE have beefed up security at Bangkok Youth Centre in Din Daeng district as electoral contestants running for constituency-mode parliamentary seats in Bangkok will be flocking in to file their application tomorrow (Apr. 3), the first day to do so with this closing on Friday (Apr. 7), Matichon newspaper said. Pol. Maj. Gen. Chokchai
Read moreSomsak, Suriya skipping over from Palang Pracharath to Pheu Thai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SAM MIT GROUP leaders Somsak Thepsuthin and Suriya Juangroongruangkit will very shortly leave the Palang Pracharath for Pheu Thai, partisan sources said today (Mar.14). Somsak and Suriya will be the last MPs among members of Sam Mit faction to skip over from the ruling party headed by Deputy Prime Minister
Read moreHouse dissolution expected no later than March 9
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha is largely speculated to dissolve the House of Representatives no later than March 9 to call a general election in 60 days, said a partisan source today (Jan.31). Prayut, who is seeking to retain power for two more years, will likely dissolve the House by March
Read morePheu Thai Party’s landslide win ‘very unlikely’: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT WILL BE VERY UNLIKELY for the Pheu Thai Party to score a landslide victory in the next general election because the largest opposition camp will undeniably see the likes of the Move Forward Party contesting as their archrivals, according to a noted political scientist. Thanaporn Sriyakul, president of Kasetsart
Read morePotjaman in surprise appearance at Pheu Thai campaign
By Thai Newsroom Reporters POTJAMAN NA POMBEJRA, former spouse of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, today (Sept. 10) paid a surprise visit to Chiang Mai to join the Pheu Thai Party’s electoral campaign. This was the first time in over 16 years since Potjaman was last seen jumping onto the political bandwagon until Thaksin
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