By Thai Newsroom Reporters GLOBETROTTING FORMER prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has tweeted to repeat that he is coming back home to literally babysit the seventh of his grandchildren who was born today (May 1). Thaksin, invariably viewed as de facto Pheu Thai party boss who has been living in self-exile overseas following the 2006
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Paetongtarn still most popular for PM: NIDA Poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, has remained the most popular contestant for prime minister after the May 14 general election, according to results of a second round of the NIDA Poll released today (Apr.16). The second round of the NIDA Poll, conducted earlier this
Read moreThaksin won’t return home to put self behind bars: Ex-Red Shirt leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra will not return home and immediately put himself behind bars under court convictions after the May 14 general election, concluded former Red Shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan today (Apr.8). Jatuporn posted on his Facebook page to accuse the deposed prime minister of telling lies
Read morePrayut, Paetongtarn, Settha blasted for not running in party-listed mode
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NOTED ACADEMICS HAVE TAKEN to task caretaker prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and a couple of top Pheu Thai candidates over their failure to run for prime minister as well as for party-listed MP in concurrent fashion toward the May 14 general election. Jade Donavanik, dean of the College of Asian
Read moreSomsak denies jail term privileges prepared for homecoming Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER Somsak Thepsuthin today (Mar.31) categorically denied he had looked to provide privileges for a self-exiled Thaksin Shinawatra who earlier offered to put himself behind bars upon his planned homecoming. Somsak, leader of Sam Mit Group of former MPs who has recently hopped over from the Palang Pracharath
Read moreChaikasem to be named Pheu Thai candidate for PM again
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHAIKASEM NITISIRI will likely be named a third Pheu Thai partisan contender running in the May 14 general election for prime minister again – the title given him in such a nationwide race four years earlier. Chaikasem, head of the Pheu Thai strategic and political directions committee, told reporters today
Read morePrayut, Paetongtarn, Settha skipping party-listed mode
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha will be nowhere on the Ruam Thai Sang Chart party list of electoral candidates running for MP whilst seeking to retain power under the ultra-conservative party’s banners in the May 14 general election, partisan sources confirmed today (Mar.28). Neither will Paetongtarn Shinawatra or Settha Taweesin
Read moreThaksin might be detained in hospital or nursing home instead of prison: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPOSED PRIME MINISTER Thaksin Shinawatra might probably be detained in a hospital or nursing home instead of being imprisoned in jail after he has returned home from self-exile abroad, according to a noted academic. Thanaporn Sriyakul, head of Kasetsart University’s Political Science Association, remarked that Thaksin who has earlier offered
Read moreThaksin snubs possibility of Pheu Thai-Palang Pracharath alliance
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss Thaksin Shinawatra today (Mar.27) categorically ruled out the possibility that his party might ever join Palang Pracharath in setting up a coalition government following the May 14 general election. Posting on Twitter’s ThaksinLive page today, the deposed prime minister contended that the Pheu Thai will
Read morePita, Paetongtarn running neck and neck for PM by Bangkokians’ choice: NIDA Poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MOST POPULAR CONTESTANTS for prime minister after the May 14 general election, namely Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat and Pheu Thai candidate Paetongtarn Shinawatra, have been found running neck and neck by Bangkokians’ choice, the NIDA Poll reported today (Mar.26). According to the NIDA Poll conducted earlier this month
Read moreThaksin offers to put self behind bars upon planned homecoming
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN A SURPRISE MOVE, a globetrotting Thaksin Shinawatra has offered to put himself behind bars in his home country to end his 16 years of self-exile overseas. In an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo, Thaksin, viewed as the de facto Pheu Thai boss, said he has made up his
Read moreMost people still prefer Pheu Thai for government: NIDA poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST PROSPECTIVE VOTERS nationwide have still preferred the Pheu Thai Party as their top choice for government after an upcoming general election, according to the latest NIDA Poll. The NIDA Poll, conducted earlier this month among a total of 2,000 voters from all walks of life, in all electorally eligible
Read morePheu Thai unlikely to reach 310-MPs target: KPI executive
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT WILL BE UNLIKELY for the Pheu Thai Party to score a landslide victory grabbing no less than 310 MP seats as reportedly targeted in an upcoming general election, said an executive official of King Prajadhipok’s Institute today (Mar.16). KPI deputy secretary-general Thawilwadi Burikul remarked the Pheu Thai, known to
Read moreRed shirt-led Udon Thani prefers Thaksin’s daughter for PM: NIDA poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST CONSTITUENTS OF UDON Thani, known as the capital of Red Shirt activists, have been found preferring former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s youngest daughter for prime minister, reported the NIDA Poll today (Mar.12). Out of a total of 1,020 respondents in Udon Thani, 48.24% say they would prefer to see
Read morePrommin emerges as latest among trio of Pheu Thai candidates for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PROMMIN LERTSURIDEJ has emerged as the latest one among a trio of Pheu Thai partisan candidates for prime minister, partisan sources said today (Mar.8). Prommin is generally viewed as a key member of the Pheu Thai think tank who has been personally entrusted by de facto party boss Thaksin Shinawatra.
Read moreYaowapa is back for Pheu Thai constituency-based contestants
By Thai Newsroom Reporters YAOWAPA WONGSAWAT, sister of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has come back to the political arena to help electoral contestants running in constituency mode under the Pheu Thai banners, albeit in behind-the-scenes fashion, a partisan source confirmed today (Feb.28). Known as head of Wang Bua Barn faction which used to
Read moreThaksin’s right-hand man denies seeing boss in HK
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PHEU THAI leader Bhumtham Vejchayachai, largely viewed as former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s right-hand man, today (Feb.26) denied he is seeing his boss in Hong Kong over the weekend. Bhumtham categorically dismissed the hearsay of his visit to Hong Kong over the weekend to see the de facto Pheu
Read moreThaksin in HK to monitor Pheu Thai campaign In Chiang Mai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has arrived in Hong Kong today (Feb.25) with intent to monitor an ongoing electoral campaign in northern Thailand where his daughter Paetongtarn is wooing popular support, a partisan source said. The Pheu Thai electoral campaign is being held over the weekend in Chiang
Read morePaetongtarn ‘not No.1 Pheu Thai candidate for PM’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA will not be finally chosen as the No.1 among a trio of Pheu Thai contestants for prime minister though she may be virtually performing as a magnet to draw popular support for the whole party, de facto guided by her father, said an outspoken senator today (Feb.12). According
Read morePheu Thai MPs visiting Thaksin, Yingluck in Singapore
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A NUMBER OF PHEU THAI MPs are quietly visiting former prime ministers Thaksin Shinawatra and Yingluck Shinawatra in Singapore, partisan sources said today (Feb.10). Thaksin and Yingluck have arrived for medical checkups and leisure in Singapore where they are scheduled to stay until next Thursday, they said. Those Pheu Thai
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