By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH treasurer Naruemon Pinyosinwat today (Mar.24) staged a quiet protest by declining to contest the May 14 general election in party-listed mode. Naruemon was dissatisfied with the Palang Pracharath electoral candidacy committee for not naming her among the top 10 party-listed candidates vying for MP in the nationwide election,
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No more coup after May 14 election: Prawit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH leader Prawit Wongsuwan today (Mar.23) confirmed there will be no more coup after the May 14 general election. Prawit told reporters at the Palang Pracharath party headquarters that no military coup will be repeated in foreseeable future no matter which party might possibly become core of a post-election
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 moreTop transport portfolio returned to Bhumjaithai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI has finally been given back a highly tempting portfolio, namely the Ministry of Transport. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Mar.14) returned the top portfolio to the Bhumjaithai after it had been held by Deputy Transport Minister Athirat Ratanaset as acting transport minister for a few days. Athirat of
Read moreSam Mit group not leaving Palang Pracharath
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SAM MIT GROUP leader Suriya Juangroongruangkit today (Feb.7) categorically denied Sam Mit co-leader Somsak Thepsuthin and he himself will sooner than later depart from the Palang Pracharath Party for another camp. Suriya who concurrently performs as industry minister confirmed Somsak who concurrently acts as justice minister and he himself will
Read morePalang Pracharath earns 510 million baht at fundraising event
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH PARTY has earned 510 million baht in cash from last night’s (Jan.30) fundraising event at a Bangkok hotel. The largest coalition partner sold a total of 170 dining tables of selected foods for three million baht each to raise the 510 million baht fund for their nationwide
Read morePrawit becomes sole Palang Pracharath candidate for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH PARTY leader Prawit Wongsuwan has now become the sole candidate of the largest ruling party for prime minister in the next general election. Today’s (Jan.27) Palang Pracharath party caucus has resolved to name Prawit, who concurrently acts as deputy prime minister, as the sole partisan contestant for head
Read morePrawit to be sole Palang Pracharath candidate for PM: Santi
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH SECRETARY-GENERAL Santi Prompat said today (Jan.10) party leader Prawit Wongsuwan is likely to be the sole Palang Pracharath contestant for head of a post-election government. Santi who concurrently performs as deputy finance minister suggested Prawit who, he said, has always been devoted to working in the course of
Read morePalang Pracharath to get at least 150 MPs in next election: Santi
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE RULING PALANG PRACHARATH is expecting to get no less than 150 MPs in the next general election, confirmed party secretary-general Santi Prompat today (Jan.3). Santi who concurrently acts as deputy finance minister said the Palang Pracharath, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, will likely see no less than
Read moreThammanat clique’s condition for comeback to Prawit’s camp mulled over
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A DOZEN “RENEGADE” MPs under leadership of maverick MP Thammanat Prompao are only looking to return to the ruling Palang Pracharath Party on a conditional basis which has been taken into account, according to partisan sources. Those “renegade” MPs currently attached to the Thai Economic Party have demanded that their
Read moreProbe of Palang Pracharath over allegedly receiving laundered money starts
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION has begun to investigate allegations that the ruling Palang Pracharath Party had unduly received a three million baht donation in cash which may have been laundered by a Chinese-born, Thai-naturalised businessman. An ad hoc committee of the Election Commission is currently provided a 30-day time to conduct
Read moreNo Palang Pracharath MPs, cabinet members hopping to a new party: Prawit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH top leader Prawit Wongsuwan today (Nov.11) confirmed that none of the ruling camp’s MPs and cabinet members will go party-hopping during a run-up to the next general election. Prawit who concurrently performs as deputy prime minister did not name names but assured that none of the Palang Pracharath rank
Read morePrawit shrugs off hearsay over House dissolution next month
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan today (Nov.1) downplayed hearsay over the dissolution of the House of Representatives as soon as next month amidst speculation some of his own MPs have planned to go party-hopping. Though the top leader of the largest coalition partner merely performs as deputy prime minister
Read morePheu Thai Party disagrees with bid to dissolve Palang Pracharath Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI PARTY, speculated to join ranks with the Palang Pracharath Party to set up a coalition after the next general election, has aired dissent to the dissolution of a party for any reason other than a proven design to abolish democratic rule. Pheu Thai top party leader Chonlanan Srikaew
Read morePalang Pracharath will likely be dissolved if caught getting grey money: Somchai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE RULING PALANG PRACHARATH Party would likely be dissolved if evidently found to have received three million baht worth of grey money allegedly laundered by a Chinese-born, Thai-naturalised businessman who gave it away, said former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn today (Oct. 28). The polling agency was practically cautioned to see to
Read morePolling agency probing Chinese pub capitalist donating 3m baht to Palang Pracharat
THE Election Commission said today (Oct. 28) it is investigating the facts behind a Chinese man who now has Thai citizenship and is possibly linked to a pub raided by police having donated 3 million baht to Palang Pracharath Party and if found that a wrongdoing has been committed it could lead to this
Read morePheu Thai-Palang Pracharath coalition ‘impossible’ if Prayut endorsed for PM again
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI PARTY will never join in coalition with those who may look to help Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha prolong his rule beyond the next general election, said Pheu Thai leader Chonlanan Srikaew today (Oct. 23). The Pheu Thai Party, de facto led by former premier Thaksin Shinawatra who has
Read morePrayut mum on Pridiyathorn leading Palang Pracharath’s economic team
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Oct. 21) refused to comment on a possible cabinet reshuffle and a suggestion that former deputy prime minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula is suitable to head Palang Pracharath Party’s economic team, Thai Rath and Matichon newspapers said. After attending the Special Economic Zone Development Policy Committee meeting at the Government
Read morePrawit urged to stop giving aid to ‘two-faced’ MPs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan has been suggested to stop granting aid to “two-faced” Palang Pracharath MPs who may only look to defect to the Bhumjaithai Party or any other camps. Prawit who concurrently performs as deputy prime minister has been strongly advised that he stop providing any “tangible”
Read moreAnother gigantic roadside sign featuring Prawit spotted in Buengkarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ANOTHER COLOSSAL ROADSIDE sign featuring caretaker Prime Minister-cum-Palang Pracharath party leader Prawit Wongsuwan has been spotted in downtown Buengkarn with an attached note literally soliciting legal leniency for its existence. The vinyl billboard features an enlarged picture of the mask-wearing Prawit, the ruling party’s logo and catchphrases about a watershed
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