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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.
Thaksin plays down splits
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 13/12/2020
» Ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra says he has no regrets over the resignation of key politicians from the main opposition Pheu Thai Party, a group now locked in dispute with the leader of the red-shirt movement.
Khunying Sudarat severs all ties with Pheu Thai
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 01/12/2020
» Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, former chief strategist of Pheu Thai, has resigned as a party member, severing the last link she had with the largest opposition 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.
Party breakaway 'won't hurt unity'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 11/06/2020
» The breakaway of key members from the main opposition Pheu Thai Party won't affect party unity, say key party figures.
Pheu Thai's VIPs explore 'solutions'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/05/2020
» Phumtham Wechayachai, an adviser to the leader of Pheu Thai Party, yesterday confirmed he was in talks with key former executives of the now-defunct Thai Rak Thai Party on what he described as a way out of the country's problems.
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.
Opposition campaigns for charter rewrite
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 09/08/2019
» Seven opposition parties has launched a joint campaign to draft a new constitution, blaming the existing one for causing a narrow-margin majority problem of a government.
Poll: Democrats to win 19, Pheu Thai 11 in Bangkok
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 21/02/2019
» Democrats will likely continue to dominate Bangkok in the March 24 election, winning 19 of all 30 constituencies, compared to 11 of Pheu Thai, according to a poll.