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Pheu Thai backs new charter drive
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 13/02/2026
» The Pheu Thai Party has called on political parties, lawmakers, civil society groups and the public to work together to ensure that the people's will, expressed in Sunday's national referendum, leads to the drafting of a genuinely democratic constitution.
Pheu Thai flags low public referendum awareness
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 27/12/2025
» The Pheu Thai Party has warned that many voters remain unaware that a national referendum on drafting a new constitution will be held on the same day as the Feb 8 general election, cautioning that poor public communication could jeopardise the outcome and make future constitutional change far more difficult.
Border row 'not Shinawatras' fault'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/12/2025
» Thai-Cambodian border tensions had nothing to do with the Shinawatra family, Yodchanan Wongsawat, one of the Pheu Thai Party's prime ministerial candidates, said on Wednesday, stressing it was due to Thailand's intensified crackdown on transnational scam networks.
Panel split over two border MoUs
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 30/10/2025
» People's Party (PP) MP Piyarat Chongthep, spokesman for the extraordinary committee reviewing MoU 43 (2000) and MoU 44 (2001) concerning border demarcation with Cambodia, said the committee has yet to reach a conclusion on whether to cancel the agreements.
MoU referendum plans to face review
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 10/10/2025
» The government will next week review procedures for holding a referendum on whether to cancel the Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) signed with Cambodia in 2000 and 2001, to ensure the public is fully informed, Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow told parliament.
MoU vote faces stiff opposition
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 07/10/2025
» Opposition leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut is urging the government to withdraw its plan to hold a referendum on the controversial memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Cambodia signed in 2000 and 2001, saying such complex international issues fall squarely within the government's remit -- not the public's.
Toxin levels rise in Kok River
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 24/09/2025
» A Senate committee has warned of worsening arsenic and heavy metal contamination in the Kok River in Chiang Rai from mines in Myanmar's Shan State.
Strained ties over deputy speaker role
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 06/08/2025
» Tensions are running high within the coalition government after the ruling Pheu Thai Party on Tuesday insisted the position of first deputy House speaker belongs to its quota, following an unexpected bid by the Klatham Party, a small yet powerful coalition partner, to nominate its own candidate for the post.
Govt told to improve diplomacy
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 31/07/2025
» The government should invite the ambassadors of Malaysia, the United States, and China for talks in response to Cambodia's breach of a ceasefire agreement, Rangsiman Rome, a list MP and deputy leader of the People's Party, urged yesterday.
Pheu Thai blasted for rejecting amnesty bills
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/07/2025
» The opposition has lashed out at Pheu Thai for refusing to support proposed amnesty efforts related to the lese majeste law, dismissing as unconvincing the ruling party's justification that it must appease coalition partners due to the government's slim majority.