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Cabinet set for King's approval
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 02/09/2023
» The list of new cabinet members was submitted for royal endorsement on Friday, and the incoming government is likely to deliver its policy statement before parliament next Friday, according to a source at Government House.
Thaksin lawyer fit for government?
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 30/08/2023
» Eyebrows are being raised as an ex-lawyer is tipped to become a cabinet minister despite having served jail time for contempt of court over the so-called "cash-stuffed paper bag" scandal representing former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a controversial land case in 2008.
RFD chief asked to explain actions in Pareena land scandal
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 12/12/2019
» The House anti-graft committee will invite the head of the Royal Forestry Department (RFD) to explain what he is doing about the land-ownership scandal involving Palang Pracharath MP Pareena Kraikupt.
Pheu Thai seeks to rip up 'unfair laws'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 22/06/2019
» The Pheu Thai Party is seeking to overhaul certain laws enacted under the military regime which it perceives to be unfair, one of its MPs said on Friday.
Prayut rejects call for detente with Thaksin
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 09/01/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has rejected former parliament president Yongyuth Tiyapairat's suggestion that the government hold talks with fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra for the sake of restoring national unity.
Pheu Thai rudderless as poll looms
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 13/08/2018
» News of Thaksin Shinawatra predicting the Pheu Thai Party will win at the next election might shore up the sagging spirit of supporters.
KL poll 'a lesson' to NCPO
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 11/05/2018
» The Malaysian electorate's vote to install opposition leader Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister for a second time, in which the 92-year-old defeated his protege-turned-rival Najib Razak, should serve as both a lesson and a warning for the Thai military regime, academics and politicians say.
Nitirat chief warns of new 'Black May'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 20/03/2018
» Thammasat law lecturer and Nitirat group leader Worachet Pakeerut has warned against appointing an outsider prime minister after the election, saying the country should have learnt its lesson after the bloodshed of Black May in 1992.
Regime 'losing graft war', activist says
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 03/03/2018
» A scandal involving welfare centres nationwide and embezzled state funds highlights both the government's failure to curb corruption -- one of its core policies -- and the inefficiency of independent agencies tasked with busting graft, a seminar in Bangkok heard yesterday.
Buddhism office chief reinstated
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/09/2017
» The cabinet on Tuesday reinstated Pongporn Pramsaneh as the director of the National Office of Buddhism, after shunting him to the Prime Minister's Office in late August.