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PM tipped to top censure vote
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 04/09/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is expected to secure the most votes of support among the cabinet ministers targeted for censure as lawmakers cast their votes of confidence on Saturday with sources claiming he has seen off threats to his authority from within the ruling party.
Ruling incenses students
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 03/12/2020
» The Constitutional Court's unanimous vote to clear Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha of a conflict of interest in staying in an army house after his retirement has sparked outrage among anti-government protesters.
PM's fate hangs in the balance
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 02/12/2020
» The future of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha hangs in the balance pending Wednesday's Constitutional Court ruling on the legality of his continued occupancy of an army residence since his retirement from the military.
Students vent their fury
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 01/03/2020
» The dissolution of the Future Forward Party (FFP) on Feb 21 has sparked anti-government rallies by students across the country who are frustrated that the party was treated unfairly.
Thammanat axed in rejig
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 09/07/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has made a last-minute change to the cabinet line-up, dropping controversial figure Capt Thammanat Prompao who was tipped to be labour minister from the list and giving the portfolio to another heavyweight in the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP).
Red-shirt publicity stunt earns regime ire
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 03/12/2015
» Red-shirt leaders Natthawut Saikuar and Jatuporn Prompan seem to have succeeded in making the military fall into their political publicity trap, engineering their own arrest as they set off to visit Rajabhakti Park, the centre of a corruption scandal hitting the government. However, the red-shirt pair are unlikely to have the last laugh.
Rivals brace for war of attrition
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 15/01/2014
» Both sides of the ongoing political standoff appear to be settling in for a battle of attrition as the Feb 2 election looms.
Uprising will upend 2014
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 02/01/2014
» The political struggle between the caretaker government and the so-called muan maha prachachon or the great mass uprising will continue to dominate Thai politics over the next several months of the new year.
Thaksin denies courting separatists
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 08/04/2012
» HONG KONG : Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has vehemently denied the Democrat Party's accusation that he held secret talks with southern rebel leaders.
Activists defy army chief
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 07/02/2012
» A network of academics has vowed to carry on with its campaign to amend the controversial lese majeste law and defied the army chief's call for them to cease their action.