By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN URGENT IMPEACHMENT motion was today (June 19) filed against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra by senators in pursuit of an immediate ouster of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s daughter as head of government in the wake of her disreputable, submissive manners which she has evidently displayed during a
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Constitutional Court urged to freeze 92 pro-Bhumjaithai senators
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SENATORIAL FRAUD issue has today (May 26) intensified with the Constitutional Court being formally asked to immediately suspend nearly half the total senators, allegedly associated with the Bhumjaithai, from performing their legislative duties due to their attempted interference in the affairs of the executive branch. A group of persons,
Read moreCourt suspension of pro-Bhumjaithai senators’ duties sought
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A LEGAL MOVE was made today (May 21) in pursuit of a Constitutional Court order to keep as many as 138 senators suspected of involvement in electoral fraud charges and allegedly associated with the Bhumjaithai from taking part in the naming of members of “independent” agencies by the end of
Read more60 senators could have electoral right retroactively revoked due to vote-rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ABOUT 60 SENATORS could probably be denied their electoral suffrage in retroactive fashion for alleged involvement in last year’s senatorial races flagrantly riddled with electoral rigging, bloc-voting shenanigans, sources said today (May 7). Out of a total of 200 senators, an estimated 60 could probably be handed a red card
Read moreNearly 200 ex-senators oppose Pheu Thai-designed casino, online gambling scheme
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEARLY 200 FORMER SENATORS have aired stern opposition to the ruling Pheu Thai’s disputable scheme to open casinos and legalise online gambling and insisted that the coalition government give it up now. Led by former Senate speakers Manoonkrit Roopkhachorn, Thiradej Meepian and Pornpet Wichitchonchai, the 189 former senior lawmakers today
Read morePolling agency urged to suspend Sawaeng over senatorial rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION was today (March 19) appealed to indefinitely suspend the polling agency’s secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee from work, pending probe into duty-negligence charges filed against him. A group of reserve senators today petitioned Election Commission Chair Itthiporn Boonprakhong to indefinitely suspend Sawaeng from performing his official duties, pending the
Read moreNominees for Charter Court judges rejected by senators
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a preplanned, concerted move of pro-Bhumjaithai senators, a couple of prominent nominees for judge of the Constitutional Court were overwhelmingly denied by those senior lawmakers today (March 18). In a weekly Senate session, a prevailing majority of the senators, over 100 of whom are known
Read moreThaksin denies adopting malicious design against pro-Bhumjaithai senators
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss Thaksin Shinawatra today (March 14) categorically denied he had adopted any covert design against pro-Bhumjaithai senators, especially including those being currently suspected of involvement in electoral rigging scandals. Thaksin, father of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, said he had never held any grudges against the pro-Bhumjaithai
Read moreThavi undaunted over senators’ counterattack lawsuit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters JUSTICE MINISTER THAVI Sodsong today (March 13) shrugged off the legal action taken by 100-plus senators against him, saying he will certainly see to it that rules of law and justice be upheld in regard to an historic probe by the Department of Special Investigation into senatorial rigging scandals. Thavi
Read moreElection Commission being pressed to suspend secretary-general
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION is being pressed to suspend its secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee from officially performing, pending probe into last year’s senatorial rigging scandals about which he has reportedly done nothing as yet. A group of reserve senators plans to call on the Election Commission at the headquarters tomorrow (March 12)
Read moreThaksin looks to keep ‘independent’ agencies under control via Senate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has quietly looked to exert his hidden power via the Senate over “independent” agencies ranging from the Election Commission and the National Anti-Corruption Commission to the Constitutional Court, among others, according to partisan sources. Thaksin, father of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, has taken
Read moreOver half of senators allegedly involved in electoral rigging
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AS MANY AS 138 senators would probably be suspected of alleged involvement in rigging, bloc-voting shenanigans during last year’s senatorial elections, a partisan source said today (Feb.18). Of a total of 200 senators, no less than 138 would probably be accused of getting involved in electoral fraud which landed them
Read moreCertain camps trying to manipulate senators: Premsak
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CERTAIN PARTIES HAVE BEEN covertly attempting to mastermind the control of some newly-elected senators whilst others may already have been submissive to them now that the naming of a Senate speaker is approaching, according to Senator Premsak Piayura. The senator from Khon Kaen today (July 19) alleged the unidentified parties
Read moreCertain party ‘offering hidden payoffs in bid to recruit senators’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEWLY-ELECTED SENATOR Premsak Piayura alleged today (July 12) a certain political party was quietly attempting to “recruit” a number of his colleagues to covertly get under their umbrella. Without naming names, Premsak said many among the total 200 newly-elected senators who are constitutionally obliged to be practically independent of political
Read morePM’s affidavit over impeachment case readied for court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin confirmed today (June 7) he has signed an affidavit to defend himself over an impeachment lawsuit and that it was readied for delivery to the Constitutional Court. After the “fact-based”, formal statement written on behalf of the besieged prime minister and signed by him yesterday has
Read morePichit dismisses hearsay on resigning to head off impeachment bid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE Minister Pichit Chuenban today (May 20) categorically dismissed hearsay he has just called it quits in the face of an impeachment bid recently lodged against Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and himself. The Pheu Thai-attached Pichit told reporters at Government House he is not going to resign as
Read moreActing senators call on Constitutional Court to consider impeaching Srettha
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTION COURT has been petitioned by a group of acting senators to consider impeaching Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and putting an end to his elected premiership as well as the newly-given ministerial status of one of his cabinet members. The group of 40 acting senators have lodged the surprise
Read moreCourt overruling sought against ban on senatorial candidates’ self-introduction on social media
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE COURT was today (Apr. 30) petitioned to consider overruling the Election Commission’s contentious prohibition on the self-introduction of any would-be senatorial candidates on all media platforms. Former senators Panat Tasneeyanond filed the petition with the Central Administrative Court in pursuit of a court waiver of the Election
Read moreSenators to grill Pheu Thai-led govt over Thaksin’s ‘double-standard privileges’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SENATORS PLAN TO GRILL the coalition government over alleged double-standard privileges provided for de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra, among other bones of contentions, on the upcoming Monday, sources said today (Mar 23). In Monday’s censure debate on performance of the Pheu Thai-led government without a subsequent
Read moreVote against Pita led to Pornthip being turned away from Iceland restaurant: Chaithawat
MOVE FORWARD leader Chaithawat Tulathon today (Oct. 1) said the root cause of Senator Khunying Pornthip Rojanasunan being told to leave a restaurant in Reykjavík, Iceland, by its Thai owner is the anger felt by many people over senators blocking the party’s former leader and current advisory chairman Pita Limjaroenrat from becoming prime minister,
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