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Cash handout faces legal hurdle
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 26/04/2025
» The government faces a new legal challenge after a petition was submitted to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), asking it to investigate a 35-billion-baht sum used to finance its 10,000-baht cash handout.
ABOUT POLITICS: Nominees feel the blues
News, Published on 05/04/2025
» The majority "blue" group of senators wields considerable power to pick or reject proposed appointees for independent agencies, and a recent, futile attempt to name replacements for two outgoing judges in the Constitutional Court shows this.
Charter change looks like a lost cause
News, Published on 08/03/2025
» The charter amendment business has reached its climax, and it is expected to fade away from this point, according to one political analyst.
Rocky road ahead for charter bills
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 11/02/2025
» Efforts to deliberate bills seeking to amend Section 256 of the constitution, which would pave the way for setting up a charter drafting assembly (CDA), are highly unlikely to be successful, says Nikorn Chamnong, director of the Chartthaipattana Party, a partner in the coalition government.
People's Party's bill 'unlikely' to gain support
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 03/01/2025
» A charter amendment bill seeking to pave the way for establishing a charter drafting assembly (CDA) has a slim chance of passing its first reading, according to Nikorn Chamnong, the secretary of the joint committee on the referendum bill.
Thailand's charter fate vexes political class
Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 29/12/2024
» Rewriting the constitution should be a breeze, given the overwhelming support for the effort to see it through in the House of Representatives.
Thai parliament to review charter reform bills
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/12/2024
» Charter amendment bills seeking to revise the 2017 constitution section-by-section will be examined by parliament in mid-January, says parliament president Wan Muhamad Noor Matha.
Charter drafting process stalled
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/12/2024
» The creation of a charter drafting assembly (CDA) cannot proceed until the 180-day suspension period for the public referendum bill has passed, says chief government whip Wisut Chainarun.
PM brushes off talk of rift in coalition
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/12/2024
» Government unity remains intact despite the Bhumjaithai Party voting to apply the contentious double-majority rule in a charter amendment referendum in defiance of other coalition parties, according to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
Senate refuses to back down on referendum
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/12/2024
» The Senate, as expected, voted overwhelmingly in support of the double majority rule to be applied in a charter amendment referendum on Tuesday.