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Opposition to probe senators' selection
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/06/2019
» The opposition whip will file an urgent motion to set up a fact-finding committee to look into the senator selection process this week.
Govt relents on Senate selectors
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 13/06/2019
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) on Wednesday bowed to political pressure and revealed the names of 10 members of the Senate selection panel of whom six were eventually appointed senators.
Pheu Thai challenges senator selection
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 11/06/2019
» The Pheu Thai Party has questioned the status of 250 senators after finding an order naming the panel appointing them was not published in the <i>Royal Gazette</i>.
Party-list seats row engulfs EC
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 02/04/2019
» Confusion has erupted over the Election Commission's (EC) calculation of party-list seats with several small parties that captured fewer than 71,000 votes to be awarded House seats at the expense of larger parties.
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.
Drum rolls for a most elusive poll
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/12/2018
» The drum rolled as political parties lost no time preparing to campaign for the much-anticipated election, which has been confirmed for Feb 24 despite previously deep-seated doubts about when it would be held. Parties, however, insisted that there was no level playing field given the rise of the pro-regime Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), which has been attacked for gaining an unfair political advantage with its top executives concurrently holding ministerial posts.
EC finalises new electoral map
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 29/11/2018
» The Election Commission (EC) has finalised the redrawing of the electoral boundary map, which will be officially announced shortly, setting the stage for political parties to choose candidates for the general election tentatively slated for Feb 24 next year, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam has said.
Thaksin case set to expire
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/09/2018
» Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will no longer have to serve the two-year jail sentence handed down 10 years ago in the Ratchadaphisek land case once the statute of limitations expires on Oct 21, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said yesterday.
Thaksin will escape jail term
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/09/2018
» Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will no longer be liable to serve the two-year jail sentence handed down 10-years ago in the Ratchadaphisek land case once the statute of limitations expires on Oct 21, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam admitted on Tuesday.
Local polls must wait, Meechai says
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 05/09/2018
» Local polls will take place after the general election, not before, to give the Election Commission (EC) sufficient time to make preparations, said Meechai Ruchupan, head of the Constitutional Drafting Committee (CDC).