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New panel has a month to iron out kinks
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 16/02/2024
» A new sub-committee was formed yesterday by the government's main committee directing the pending implementation of the ruling Pheu Thai Party's 10,000-baht digital wallet policy.
MP downplays online opposition to ending Isoc
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 02/11/2023
» A Move Forward Party MP has downplayed the results of an online public hearing on a draft bill seeking to dissolve the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc), saying it would not be relevant to the House’s deliberation of the proposed law.
PM seeks clarity on BTS Skytrain deals
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 13/09/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has instructed the Transport Ministry to clarify issues regarding controversial contracts involving the BTS Skytrain system.
Govt fate hangs on loans decree
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/05/2021
» The House of Representatives will be dissolved if the executive decree to borrow 500 billion baht to combat the public health crisis is not approved by lawmakers, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said yesterday.
Pheu Thai to oppose fare hike plan
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/01/2021
» The opposition Pheu Thai Party will petition the government and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to suspend a plan to raise the fare ceiling on the BTS skytrain Green Line electric train from 65 baht to 104 baht which is scheduled to take effect on Feb 16.
A fraught year in politics
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 30/12/2020
» It is often said that Thailand resolves around political events. Here are the five most dynamic and attention-grabbing stories — the youth-led, anti-government protests, the Future Forward Party’s spectacular fall, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha surviving the Constitutional Court’s rulings that threatened to deliver the death warrant on his premiership, the Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) elections held for the first time in six years and the internal turbulence experienced by the main opposition Pheu Thai Party — which have left their mark this year.
Transfer bill before House
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/06/2020
» The final deliberation on a bill to reallocate 88 billion baht to a central fund to fight Covid-19 and rehabilitate the economy started yesterday.
Anupong denies any Gold Line chicanery
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/02/2020
» Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda on Tuesday denied an allegation by the opposition that the Gold Line rail project was approved by the cabinet in 2016 to benefit large businesses close to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
New parliament construction deadline extended, again
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 10/12/2019
» The House secretariat has extended for the fourth time the deadline for Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction Plc (Stecon) to finish building the new parliament complex, for another 382 days from Dec 15 to Dec 31 next year.
Regime under fire as it rains cash on villagers
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 21/03/2018
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha government plans to inject 30 billion baht into more than 82,000 villages nationwide amid criticism it is aiming to score political points ahead of the general election that is expected next February.