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EC urged to scrutinise candidates
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 05/06/2024
» Caretaker Senator Somchai Swangkarn on Tuesday reiterated calls for the Election Commission (EC) to examine the backgrounds of Senate election candidates to ensure they are qualified to take part in the poll scheduled to start Sunday.
Prayut hits back at triads jibe
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 17/02/2023
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday hit back at the opposition over the granting of Thai citizenship to Chinese-born businessman and suspected crime boss Chaiyanat "Tuhao" Kornchayanant, saying it was the Yingluck Shinawatra government that endorsed his naturalisation.
Joining parties to get easier
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 29/04/2022
» A parliamentary committee vetting a bill to amend an organic law on MP elections has agreed to lower requirements for political party membership applications, with convicts having jail terms suspended to be allowed to join parties.
Can Thaksin secure a pardon?
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 10/01/2022
» Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted as prime minister in a 2006 coup and now lives in exile, has recently been expressing his wish to return to Thailand.
Rough and tumble in halls of power
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/12/2021
» As New Year approaches, the Bangkok Post takes the opportunity to select five political stories that attracted the most attention over the past 12 months.
Somsak dismisses jail-term row
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 16/12/2021
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin has shrugged off rising criticism over the ministry's role in pushing to up to five royal decrees offering reduced prison terms over four years to people convicted of graft.
Two ministers 'visited Covid-linked bar'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 09/04/2021
» Two cabinet ministers who reportedly visited a night entertainment venue in Thong Lor linked to a new Covid-19 cluster are to be invited to give details of their movements to a House committee.
MFP seeks lese majeste rejig
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 11/02/2021
» The Move Forward Party (MFP) has proposed an overhaul of Section 112 of the Criminal Code -- the lese majeste law -- with watered-down penalties.
Thamanat to slap 100 lawsuits on critics
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 13/09/2019
» Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow, known as the coordinator of the coalition government, has vowed to file around 100 lawsuits against those who he believes have lied about his past.
EC pulls poll posters for now
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/01/2019
» Political parties have cried foul over the rules on online electioneering, calling them "trivial", "full of discrepancies" and "spoiling poll campaigns", after the Election Commission (EC) ordered the immediate removal of prematurely erected campaign posters.