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Palang Pracharath leaders angered by Prawit-for-PM songs
Online Reporters, Published on 30/07/2024
» Key members of the coalition-member Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) are angered by two songs one member posted supporting party leader Prawit Wongsuwon for the job of prime minister.
Blue is the colour as Senate takes centre stage in Thailand
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 29/07/2024
» All eyes will soon be on the new Senate and its key role in charter amendment and the political power-play among coalition parties in the government.
Problems and more problems
News, Published on 27/07/2024
» The three-tier Senate poll turned out to be one of the most complicated races of its kind and also one that is hugely problematic.
Chalerm vows to act solo if Pheu Thai won't let him go
Aekarach Sattaburuth and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 25/07/2024
» Veteran politician Chalerm Ubumrung has vowed to act independently in keeping the Pheu Thai Party in check after it repeatedly refused to expel him.
Chalerm and son prepare to switch parties
Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 20/07/2024
» Wan Ubumrung, a former Pheu Thai Party MP for Bangkok, confirmed on Saturday that he is moving to the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), and his father Chalerm may also be joining him there
Budget increase bill passes 1st hearing
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/07/2024
» A supplementary bill which seeks to increase the budget for the current fiscal year by 122 billion baht to partially fund the government's digital wallet handout scheme sailed through its first reading in the House of Representatives late on Wednesday.
Senate poses risk to political reform
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 13/07/2024
» The political dust has settled, as the new Senate was successfully installed this week. Yet, looking at the components of the upper chamber, a new kind of politics still seems like a distant dream.
Thaksin revels as backstage miscreant
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/07/2024
» Out of the blue, the retired national police chief and leader of the Seriruamthai Party, Pol Gen Sereepisuth Temeeyaves, dropped a bombshell that put former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the crosshairs.
Divisions on the horizon?
News, Published on 06/07/2024
» Paroled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra is no stranger to legal proceedings, and the latest indictment against him could present a crucial test of the conservative-bloc parties' strength as coalition partners.
Kriangkrai welcomes Senate Speaker talk
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 05/07/2024
» Gen Kriangkrai Srirak, who garnered the most votes in the public administration and security professional group in last week's Senate election, welcomed speculation that he would become the Senate Speaker.