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Senate refuses to back down on referendum
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/12/2024
» The Senate, as expected, voted overwhelmingly in support of the double majority rule to be applied in a charter amendment referendum on Tuesday.
Ex-DPM Wissanu says skip charter referendum
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 11/12/2024
» The charter should be amended section by section to avoid having to conduct a referendum, as the focus should be on forming an assembly to redraft the constitution, according to legal experts.
Phumtham downplays MP's House dissolution warning
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 03/12/2024
» Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai dismissed a Pheu Thai MP's warning that disagreements over a charter referendum could result in a House dissolution as a matter of personal opinion.
Debate on charter rewrite bills in next House session
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 29/10/2024
» Parliament will debate charter amendment bills when it convenes its next session in December, House Speaker Wan Muhammad Noor Matha confirmed on Monday.
Thai charter referendum 'likely delayed'
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 23/10/2024
» Nikorn Chamnong, a member of the joint House-Senate panel on the charter referendum bill, said on Wednesday he no longer expects the public vote to take place in February as planned.
Pheu Thai coy on ethics bill plans
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/09/2024
» Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai on Wednesday shrugged off media questions about whether the ruling Pheu Thai Party intends to proceed with a charter amendment proposal involving ethical standards for political officeholders after coalition parties poured cold water on the bid.
Pheu Thai 'flexible' on policy
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/09/2024
» Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said the Pheu Thai Party will back off from its charter amendment proposal involving ethical standards for political officeholders if coalition parties disagree with it.
PWO official has B5.1m in assets held
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/09/2024
» The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases Region 3 has ordered the confiscation of assets worth 5.1 million baht from a Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) official in an unusual-wealth case, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) said on Wednesday.
PP eager to cut ethics breach probes
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/09/2024
» The main opposition People's Party (PP) has submitted a bill seeking to amend the constitution to curb the National Anti-Corruption Commission's (NACC) authority to probe MPs and senators for ethical violations.
Pheu Thai lawmaker urged to stand trial on Tak Bai massacre
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 12/09/2024
» A list-MP of the ruling Pheu Thai Party is being urged to give up his parliamentary immunity and stand trial in court over the 2004 Tak Bai massacre case before the statute of limitation expires in 44 days.