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Wan to vet petition legalities
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 24/05/2025
» House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha has announced that he will seek legal counsel regarding a petition requesting Constitutional Court intervention to suspend senators allegedly involved in collusion during the Senate selection process.
Budget debate set as MPs prep for scrutiny
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 22/05/2025
» The government and the opposition will be allocated 20 hours each to deliberate the 3.78-trillion-baht budget bill for the 2026 fiscal year, chief government whip Wisut Chainarun said.
Bangkok remembers Black May 1992 events
Online Reporters, Published on 17/05/2025
» A remembrance ceremony took place in Bangkok on Saturday, marking 33 years since the Black May events in 1992 that resulted in extensive violence against street demonstrators and the subsequent fall of the military-linked government that had come to power in the 1991 coup.
B14m fraud uncovered at parliament savings co-op
News, Published on 24/04/2025
» House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha said a 14-million-baht loss due to fraud at the Parliamentary Official Savings and Credit Cooperative will not affect its members and operations, while any more culprits found will be arrested.
Parliament to debate 2026 budget from May 28-30
Published on 23/04/2025
» Parliament is scheduled to hold a special session next month to discuss the 3.78-trillion-baht budget for the 2026 fiscal year as the government of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra draws up plans to minimise the hit from US tariffs.
PM reaffirms casino bill defence
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 10/04/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has once again defended the entertainment complex-casino bill, saying that facts about the draft law are being distorted to mislead the public into believing it would legalise casinos nationwide.
Casino bill could land govt in hot water
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 07/04/2025
» Former charter writers warn the government may be at risk of violating ethics rules and breaching Thailand's national strategy if it doesn't drop its push for the casino-entertainment complex bill.
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.
Entertainment complex-casino bill 'can wait', premier says
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 04/04/2025
» The government is not in a rush to pass the entertainment complex-casino bill into law, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said yesterday, amid growing opposition to the controversial plan.
Senate panel to study proposed casino project's impacts
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 03/04/2025
» The Senate will set up a committee to study the impacts of the proposed casino-entertainment complex project after the House examines the Casino and Entertainment Complex Bill, which is tentatively scheduled for next week.