By Thai Newsroom Reporters PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit today (Mar.11) insisted that the military be ultimately kept out of politics for the sake of democratic rule. Assisting in the Move Forward electoral campaign in Chaiyaphum, Thanathorn told a cheering crowd in the northeastern province that the progressive party has found it ultimately necessary
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Move Forward to get no less than 80 MPs in next election: Thanathorn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has forecast the Move Forward Party will get no less than 80 MPs in the next general election. Thanathorn who had led the Future Forward Party running for MPs in the 2019 election predicted the Move Forward will get no less than 80 MPs or
Read morePeople to rise up against senators-picked PM: Thanathorn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit forecast today (Dec.18) the people nationwide will likely rise up against a head of government who might be decisively endorsed by unelected senators in spite of an otherwise inadequate support from elected MPs. Addressing Move Forward Party members during a partisan seminar, Thanathorn predicted that
Read moreLone man launches surprise physical attack on Thanathorn at book fair
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A LONE MAN launched a surprise physical attack on Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit at a crowded hall in Bangkok today (Oct 23). Thanathorn was mingling with visitors to a book fair on its final day at Sirikit International Convention Centre when the male assailant, identified as Kanetpitsanuthep Jakkapopmahadeja alias Kay
Read moreMassive petition in pursuit of local autonomy lodged at parliament
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A MASSIVE PETITION IN PURSUIT of local autonomy for which the constitution may be amended accordingly was lodged at parliament today (July 11). Move Forward Party and Progressive Movement Group jointly submitted the petition endorsed by 80,772 signatures of people nationwide and primarily designed to establish local autonomy in all provinces
Read moreThanathorn applying for bail after being hit with lese majeste case
PROGRESSIVE Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit’s lawyer is today (Apr. 11) getting ready to apply for bail after the Criminal Court accepted a lawsuit filed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office charging him with offences under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or lese majeste law, and the Computer Crimes Act, Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Krisdang
Read moreThanathorn’s mum points to politics over revocation of land title deed
THE MOTHER of Progressive Movement Chairman Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, Mrs. Somphon Juangroongruangkit, today (Aprl. 1) clarified that she was not the first person to buy a large land plot in Ratchaburi province for which the Land Department has ordered the revocation of the title deed and blamed politics for the serious accusations against her and her
Read moreLand dept moving against Thanathorn’s mum over encroachment
DEPUTY Interior Minister Niphon Boonyamanee said this morning (Mar. 29) investigation into allegations that Mrs. Somphon Juangroongruangkit, the mother of Progressive Movement chairman Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, encroached on a reserved forest in Ratchaburi province will be concluded in a day or two, Matichon newspaper said. Information on these allegations gathered by the Land Development Department and
Read morePheu Thai Party’s strategy of ‘trying to beat ’em and looking to bow to ’em’ just won’t work
By Out-Crowd GIVEN THEIR REPEATED STRATEGY OF ”trying to beat ’em and looking to bow to ’em”, Pheu Thai Party will likely lose many MP seats to Move Forward Party though the former might probably win more MP seats than Palang Pracharath Party in the next election nationwide. As long as Pheu Thai Party, with
Read moreThanathorn’s niece slapped with lese majeste charges
PROGRESSIVE Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit’s teenage niece today (Sept. 23) went to the Technology Crime Suppression Division police headquarters to acknowledge charges of violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or lese majeste law, Sanook.com said. Ms Akkarasorn Opilan, or Ang-Ang, 17, daughter of Thanathorn’s older sister Mrs. Chanaphan Juangroongruangkit, was accompanied by
Read moreOver 500 to vie for Nayok Or Bor Tor under Progressive Movement tickets
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MORE THAN 500 individuals will contest an election of Nayok Or Bor Tor (head of a subdistrict administrative organisation) under the banners of political activist group Progressive Movement, also known as the dissolved Future Forward Party. Chamnan Chanruang, an executive member of Progressive Movement, headed by ex-Future Forward leader Thanathorn
Read moreThanathorn launching sign-up campaign after charter bill rejection
PROGRESSIVE Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit said today (March 18) that he is not giving up on amending the constitution after an amendment bill was rejected in its third and final reading in parliament last night and will now move to gather signatures to amend it section by section, Siam Rath newspaper said. In his comment
Read moreThanathorn off the hook as court revokes vaccine video clip order
THE Criminal Court today (Feb. 8) revoked a previous order suspending a video clip Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit had released on social media questioning the government’s coronavirus vaccine policy as sought by the the Digital Economy and Society Ministry, Thai Rath newspaper said. The earlier court order had instructed Thananthorn to suspend the video,
Read moreThanathorn not discouraged despite being hit with many cases
PROGRESSIV Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit said today (Feb. 17) that in entering the political arena he has now been hit with lots of cases which waste his time but have not led to any discouragement, INN News and Sanook.com said. Thanathorn, who is the leading government critic, was a few days ago ordered by the
Read moreGovt critic faces 15-years jail
THE Criminal Court has ordered leading government critic Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit to delete allegations on social media that question the business ethics of His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister. The government said Mr Thanathorn’s Progressive Movement claims that the Kingdom’s coronavirus vaccine policy unfairly favours a company owned by His Majesty the King. Now
Read moreSenator calls for probe of fire-hit yacht co-owned by Thanathorn
A SENATOR and several netizens zeroed in on Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit after news spread that he is a co-owner of the luxury yacht that was hit by a fire on Wednesday Dec. 23 causing three-million-baht damage, Naewna newspaper reported this morning (Dec. 25). The yacht, Silvretta, was berthed at Ao Po Grand Marina
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