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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.
Sudarat launches new party
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 29/12/2020
» Former Pheu Thai heavyweight Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, who left the opposition party last month, has started a new political party.
Smooth sailing for spending plan despite opposition
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/09/2020
» Described by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as an important tool in "laying out the foundations for national progress and solving the country's problems", the passage of the 2021 Budget Appropriation Bill, undergoing its second and third readings in the Lower House since Wednesday, is well on its way. However, it's enforcement is likely to be delayed by a month.
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.
EC pulls poll posters for now
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/01/2019
» Political parties have cried foul over the rules on online electioneering, calling them "trivial", "full of discrepancies" and "spoiling poll campaigns", after the Election Commission (EC) ordered the immediate removal of prematurely erected campaign posters.
Cops issue warning to red shirts
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/05/2018
» Police are threatening tough legal action against hardcore elements of red-shirt groups if they attempt to instigate unrest on the fourth anniversary of the 2014 coup on Tuesday.
Watana says probe 'ploy' to silence him
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 08/05/2018
» Pheu Thai Party figure and staunch regime critic Watana Muangsook has criticised the anti-graft agency for unfairly probing him over alleged irregularities related to a low-cost housing project.
Regime sets sights on axeing Pheu Thai
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 27/02/2018
» The Pheu Thai Party faces the prospect of dissolution after it was accused of allowing former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is widely believed to be its de facto leader, to control its internal affairs.
Pheu Thai denies Thaksin influence
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 23/02/2018
» The Pheu Thai Party denies former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is pulling the strings behind the former ruling party, which may be considered a violation of the new charter prohibiting a party from being influenced or controlled by an outsider.
Yingluck faces 11 power-abuse cases
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/07/2017
» As ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra awaits the Supreme Court's verdict on the rice-pledging scheme, 11 other cases linked to her that may involve abuses of power are being probed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).