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Charter court suspends Pita
Gary Boyle, Published on 19/07/2023
» The Constitutional Court on Wednesday morning suspended Move Forward Party leader and prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat from duty as an elected member of the House of Representatives.
Thousands gather at Sanam Luang
Gary Boyle, Published on 19/09/2020
» Thousands of protesters have gathered at Sanam Luang in Bangkok for what they say will be a two-day protest.
EC takes criminal action against Thanathorn
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/03/2020
» Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the disbanded Future Forward Party, may face a jail term up to 10 years and a 20-year ban from politics now that the Election Commission (EC) has decided to pursue criminal charges against him.
Thanathorn disqualified as MP
Gary Boyle, Published on 20/11/2019
» The Constitutional Court has ruled 7-2 to disqualify Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit as MP for having shares in a media company when applying to become MP.
Court rejects oath petition
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/09/2019
» The Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a petition lodged by the Ombudsman on the incomplete oath of office recited by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in July.
Court suspends Thanathorn as MP
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/05/2019
» The Constitutional Court has voted 8-1 to suspend Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit from performing his MP duty after it accepted a case against him over possible disqualification involving media shareholding.
Thanathorn vows to form government
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/05/2019
» Leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has said his Future Forward Party will be the core to form the next government with him as PM if he succeeds, minutes after the Election Commission asked the Constitutional Court to disqualify him as an MP.
Doubts cast on May 9th poll results
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/04/2019
» The Election Commission's (EC) May 9 schedule to announce official poll results has been thrown into doubt after the agency on Thursday decided to ask the Constitutional Court to rule on the legality of its method of calculating and allocating party-list seats to clear growing confusion about the issue.
Constitutional Court disbands Thai Raksa Chart
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/03/2019
» The Constitutional Court has ordered the dissolution of the Thai Raksa Chart party for nominating Princess Ubolratana as its prime ministerial candidate.
Election 'guaranteed' before May 9
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/01/2019
» The government has insisted that the general election will take place within the 150-day deadline, or by May 9, while the Election Commission (EC) has reaffirmed its stance to set the poll date only after the royal decree takes effect.