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Chuan says House can meet in May
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 29/04/2020
» House Speaker Chuan Leekpai on Tuesday said a session can be convened on May 22 as scheduled, despite the state of emergency, to work on laws.
Calls for lockdown mount
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 20/03/2020
» Six former House and Senate speakers have called on the government to put the country under lockdown and ban entry to foreign travellers.
Suchart backs student House meet
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 06/03/2020
» Deputy House Speaker Suchart Tancharoen is backing calls by lawmakers to hold an extraordinary House session to seek ways of easing political tensions stemming from anti-government student rallies launched in the wake of Future Forward Party's dissolution.
Push for panel to end future coups
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 07/02/2020
» Opposition MPs have called on the House of Representatives to set up a special committee to see how coups can be prevented so the vicious cycle of one coup leading to another is stopped.
Chaktip to testify after run organiser complains over ban
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/12/2019
» National police chief Chaktip Chaijinda will be invited to testify in front of a House standing committee after activists behind a planned anti-government run were allegedly barred from gathering at a Bangkok hotel to announce preparations for the event.
Bickering kick-starts meeting of House panel on corruption
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 27/11/2019
» The House committee on corruption suppression and prevention voted down a move to unseat its sharp-tongued chairman Sereepisuth Temeeyaves following a clash between members from the opposition and government camps over seating arrangements and use of a mobile phone.
Mingkwan resigns, Pheu Thai cancels meeting
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 23/05/2019
» Mingkwan Sangsuwan has resigned as the leader of the New Economics Party while the Pheu Thai Party has scrapped a meeting planned with its allies in a double blow in one day to the anti-regime alliance.
Palang Pracharath heavy eyes speaker's job
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 29/04/2019
» Amid reports that Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) heavyweight Suchart Tancharoen could become a potential candidate for House speaker, the veteran politician has come out and said he is ready for the top parliamentary job if lawmakers place their trust in him.
TRC defends princess nomination
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 21/02/2019
» The Thai Raksa Chart Party's (TRC) legal team yesterday submitted its defence and a list of witnesses to the Constitutional Court over a charge that the party had violated the spirit of the constitutional monarchy and the 2017 Political Parties Act by nominating Princess Ubolratana as its prime ministerial candidate.
Polphum confident he has solutions to city's problems
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 04/02/2019
» In Thailand's political landscape, Bangkok's constituencies have traditionally been a Democrat Party stronghold. In the last national election, the Pheu Thai Party was only able to clinch 10 out of the city's 33 seats.