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PM rules out cabinet reshuffle
Published on 26/03/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has confirmed a cabinet reshuffle is not on the cards after she sailed through a no-confidence motion, securing overwhelming support from lawmakers in parliament on Wednesday.
Court rejects cabinet's honesty plea
Post Reporters, Published on 13/03/2025
» The Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a cabinet petition asking it to clarify the meaning of the term, "a lack of clear honesty", saying the request involved a matter of legal interpretation so did not meet the criteria for a review.
BJT-friendly Senate sits pretty, for now
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 08/03/2025
» The vote by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) board on March 6 to limit its probe into the Senate election to money laundering alone, ditching complaints of criminal association, shows the two coalition parties, Pheu Thai and Bhumjaithai (BJT), embracing political compromise after their high-profile showdown.
Rift tests coalition unity
Published on 03/03/2025
» Relations between the ruling Pheu Thai Party and coalition partner Bhumjaithai have come under strain from time to time.
PM seeks to clarify 'honesty'
Published on 27/02/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said she has asked the Constitutional Court to clarify the meaning of the term, "a lack of clear honesty", with regard to those seeking to become cabinet ministers so she can act accordingly.
People's Party warns govt of ministers' grilling
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/02/2025
» A no-confidence motion will be submitted to the House of Representatives tomorrow when the names of the targeted ministers will also be disclosed, according to the main opposition People's Party (PP).
'No plans' to remove Pichai as minister, insists Suriya
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/02/2025
» Deputy Prime Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit played down claims that Pheu Thai members are plotting to oust Pichai Naripthaphan from his post as Commerce Minister over his failure to shore up the price of key crops.
Smart geopolitics starts on home front
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 21/02/2025
» According to a longstanding axiom, all politics is local. If so, then smart and crafty geopolitics must start at home with sufficient domestic political stability and consensus about how the country should navigate what is increasingly a turbulent geostrategic chessboard. Put this way, few countries can appreciate the intersection of geopolitics and domestic politics more than Thailand. Its rocky and volatile home front over the past two decades continues to impede and constrain its geostrategic projection.
'Know-how', not 'know who'
News, Published on 15/02/2025
» The old saying that "acquiring know-how matters less than who you know" is not only prevalent but is practised in its most blatant form in elite study courses, according to observers.
Does Naomi know?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/02/2025
» Re: "Joining forces", (Front page photo, Feb 11) & "No excuse for racist slurs", (Editorial, Jan 8).