By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI ECONOMIC MP Thammanat Prompao has today (May 26) claimed to take command of some 40 MPs who could possibly join hands with the opposition bloc to outvote the coalition government. Thammanat told reporters that his 40-strong force could possibly tip the scale in opposition to the Palang Pracharath-led coalition government
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Thais in Japan hold anti-Prayut protest during Nikkei Forum
THAI PEOPLE living in Japan today (May 26) held a protest against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha during his visit to attend the 27th International Conference on the Future of Asia or Nikkei Forum, Matichon newspaper said. Calling themselves the UDD Japan group, the protesters staged their demonstration in front of Imperial Tokyo Hotel where
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 moreEmergency decree extended by another 2 months to control Covid
THE Cabinet today (May 24) approved the extension of the state of emergency decree by another two months till end of July to control the spread of Covid-19, Thansettakij newspaper said. Mr. Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, a spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office,said this extension from June 1 till July 31 was made to allow for
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
Read moreNightlife business operators lobby PM for reopening on June 1
OPERATORS of all types of nightlife businesses asked Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to quickly allow the reopening of their establishments and restore the 300 billion baht industry at the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee meeting on Friday May 20, Thansettakij said this morning (May 18). Eight nightlife associations together with 230
Read moreBiden looks to nudge Asean leaders to speak out on Russia
By AP and published by US News & World Report Washington — US President Joe Biden is looking to nudge southeast Asian leaders to be more outspoken about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the issue continues to be a delicate one for many members of the region’s 10-country alliance with deep ties to Moscow. Biden
Read moreRally held in front of US embassy to draw attention to Thai political prisoners
TWO activist groups held a rally in front of the US embassy this afternoon (May 10) to send a message to US President Joe Biden and Asean leaders that they also focus on Thai political prisoners at their talks this week, Matichon newspaper said. The Asean-US Special Summit is being held in Washington with
Read morePrawit persuades Thammanat to skip holding talks with Pheu Thai MPs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan has talked Thai Economic Party secretary-general Thammanat Prompao into changing his mind and literally keeping his distance from the opposition Pheu Thai Party. Prawit who concurrently performs as deputy prime minister told reporters at Government House today (May 10) that Thammanat, who concurrently is a
Read more‘Depose Prayut, promote Prawit’ conspiracy involves Pheu Thai and Thai Economic parties: Saranwut
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO OUST Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and have Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan take his place has involved Pheu Thai Party and Thai Economic Party, according to Pheu Chart Party leader Saranwut Saranket. Saranwut said yesterday (May 7) the ongoing conspiracy to oust Prayut from the top
Read moreGovt will not ask for court ruling on Prayut’s 8-year tenure: Wissanu
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT will not ask the Constitutional Court to pinpoint exactly when Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha may finish a maximum period of eight years in power, said Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam today (May 5). The deputy premier in charge of legal affairs told reporters at Government House that the
Read morePrayut shrugs off hearsay over PM-changing conspiracy
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha today (May 3) downplayed widespread hearsay over an ongoing, clandestine conspiracy to change the head of government during an approaching censure/no-confidence motion. Asked by reporters at Government House whether he may have gotten wind of such a hush-hush plot to change the prime minister, Prayut shook
Read moreAnalysis: Conspiracy hatched to turn kingmaker into PM
By Out-Crowd IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN whether a fresh conspiracy to turn Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan into head of government in place of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha following an approaching censure debate/no-confidence vote will ever bear fruit. Prawit who concurrently heads the ruling Palang Pracharath Party is being openly pitted by some coalition
Read moreCensure debate/no-confidence vote against Prayut delayed until early July
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A CENSURE DEBATE AND NO-CONFIDENCE vote against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is being delayed until early July now that the opposition bloc has postponed the lodging of a relevant motion until a couple of organic laws of the constitution have been enacted. The Pheu Thai-led opposition bloc today (Apr. 26) resolved
Read morePalang Pracharath’s decision to skip by-election shows House dissolution likely looming
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SURPRISE DECISION OF Palang Pracharath Party against contesting next month’s by-election for MP in Ratchaburi has added weight to the probability of the House of Representatives being dissolved and a general election being called much sooner rather than later, said Move Forward MP Natcha Boonchai-insawat today (Apr 25). The by-election
Read morePolice looking for clues over token bomb attack outside First Infantry Regiment
By Thai Newsroom Reporters POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR clues over Sunday’s token attack with ping-pong bombs outside a major Bangkok army barracks which locates Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s home. National Security Council secretary-general Supot Malaniyom said the police were collecting pieces of evidence and making inquiries with witnesses pertaining to the event in which two
Read moreRapper held after ping-pong bombs thrown near Prayut’s house in military compound
AFTER a motorcycle rider together with a pillion passenger threw two ping-pong bombs at the entrance of 1st Infantry Regiment compound on Vibhavadi Rangsit where Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s residence is located last evening (Apr. 10), police today arrested a well-known political rapper for having stored 30 such explosives in his house but as yet
Read morePrayut on shaky ground over Seksakol’s alleged payoff bid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha could probably be held accountable for an alleged misconduct of a senior government official involving a demanded 15-million-baht payoff if he chose to do nothing about it shortly, said Thai Liberal Party leader Seripisut Temiyavej today (Apr. 7). Seripisut who concurrently chairs the House Committee on Corruption
Read moreAswin faces being outvoted due to Prayut’s tacit support: MP
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER BANGKOK governor Aswin Kwanmuang could probably be outvoted in the May 22 gubernatorial election only because he is being unknowingly supported by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, albeit in tacit, unsolicited fashion, said a coalition MP today (Apr.2). Democrat MP Panich Vikitsreth posted on his Facebook page to comment that Aswin
Read morePrayut has tacitly helped Aswin in race for Bangkok governor: Ex-Deputy PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha has evidently tried to help former Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang, albeit in tacit fashion, with the latter’s electoral campaign for the capital city’s top post, alleged a former deputy premier today (Apr.1). During an informal visit to a food market near Government House last Tuesday, Prayut
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