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Race for charter panel chair begins
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/10/2025
» Political tension is rising ahead of next week's first meeting of the constitutional amendment committee, with both the People's Party (PP) and Pheu Thai preparing to field their own candidates for the chairmanship -- a contest that could shape the next phase of Thailand's charter rewrite.
Thaksin 'targets 3 PAO election races'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 29/11/2024
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will assist Pheu Thai candidates contesting provincial administrative organisation (PAO) chairman elections in Ubon Ratchathani, Chiang Mai, and Si Sa Ket after the ruling party's victory in Udon Thani, a source said.
Jury still out on Thaksin's 'dual citizenship'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 21/11/2024
» Foreign Affairs Minister Maris Sangiampongsa yesterday downplayed reports that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's role as a campaign assistant for the Pheu Thai Party may be illegal as he holds dual citizenship.
MFP fumes over anti-graft panel snub
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 22/09/2023
» The Move Forward Party (MFP) on Friday slammed the government, especially the ruling Pheu Thai Party, for refusing to let it chair the House committee on anti-corruption.
Can-do 'katoey' hopes to move past gender
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 06/12/2021
» The term "katoey" or transvestite may have been used as reference to Pitchaya Pocharasadorn for the wrong reason but it is what propelled her to a resounding victory in the Nov 28 tambon administrative organisation election in Nakhon Phanom.
Pheu Thai executives resign
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 01/01/2021
» At least four Pheu Thai Party executives have tendered their resignation from the party's board to avoid any possible political fallout from the Election Commission's (EC) probe into the role of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the Dec 20 local elections, said a party source.
A fraught year in politics
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 30/12/2020
» It is often said that Thailand resolves around political events. Here are the five most dynamic and attention-grabbing stories — the youth-led, anti-government protests, the Future Forward Party’s spectacular fall, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha surviving the Constitutional Court’s rulings that threatened to deliver the death warrant on his premiership, the Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) elections held for the first time in six years and the internal turbulence experienced by the main opposition Pheu Thai Party — which have left their mark this year.
Prayut orders coalition unity
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 22/07/2020
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday instructed government coalition partners to resolve their differences after a meeting of a special House committee vetting the 2021 budget bill collapsed in disarray on Monday due to the lack of a quorum.