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EC draws up 400 seats for next poll
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/02/2022
» The Election Commission (EC) has finished drawing up 400 constituencies across the country for the next general election, with Bangkok allocated the most seats at 33.
Weathering the storm
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 21/01/2022
» Academics believe Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha still has an ace up his sleeve and will deal with pressure for political changes and steer the government forward following the Palang Pracharath Party's (PPRP) decision to expel secretary-general Thamanat Prompow and his faction.
A 'welfare city' challenge
News, Published on 17/01/2022
» The former president of King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) has vowed to turn Bangkok into a welfare city if he is elected as the capital's next governor.
Pheu Thai eyes landslide
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 17/01/2022
» The main opposition Pheu Thai Party underwent a restructuring of its executive board in October last year under new leader Cholnan Srikaew, who vowed his party will not settle for anything less than a landslide victory in the next general election.
Rising costs seen as final straw
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/01/2022
» Soaring food prices are taking a bigger bite of people's income and are believed to be intensifying political pressure on -- and even shaking the stability of -- the coalition government, which has a little over one year left in office.
Will the PM dissolve the House?
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 10/01/2022
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has said many times that he does not have any intention of dissolving the House of Representatives before two organic laws related to the election system are amended, and he intends to remain in his job to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Summit 2022. He has also vowed to complete his term.
Independent candidates preferred for Bangkok governor post: poll
Online Reporters, Published on 19/12/2021
» According to a survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, independent candidates are preferred over those aligned with political parties for the post of Bangkok governor, and Chadchart Sittipunt still leads the race.
Rolling dice on casinos
News, Published on 19/12/2021
» For decades there has been no single issue more divisive than that of whether to legalise casino gambling.
Pardon move hard to forgive
News, Published on 18/12/2021
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin may have shot himself in the foot by securing a royal pardon for "big fish" serving time for engineering one of the country's costliest corruption cases.
Narongsak rules himself out of city governor race
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/12/2021
» Pathum Thani governor Narongsak Osottanakorn has announced he will not contest the next Bangkok governor election, shooting down reports he would run under the banner of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP).