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Pheu Thai, Bhumjaithai announce bid to form govt
Online Reporters, Published on 07/08/2023
» Leaders of the Pheu Thai and Bhumjaithai parties, with 212 seats in total, announced on Monday they would try to form a new coalition governent, saying they already have majority backing in the elected House of Representatives.
Charter referendum motion cruises past lower house
Online Reporters, Published on 03/11/2022
» The House of Representatives unanimously voted for an opposition-sponsored motion calling for a referendum on the charter rewrite after the voting was deferred for over a month.
Activists call for major anti-Prayut rally on Saturday
Online Reporters, Published on 30/09/2022
» Pro-democracy protest leaders have called for people to wear black for seven days and to rally at Victory Monument on Saturday to express their rejection of the Constitutional Court ruling that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's term has not reached its eight-year limit.
Senators retain power to co-elect PM, reject charter amendment
Online Reporters, Published on 08/09/2022
» A joint sitting of the parliament on Wednesday rejected a charter amendment bill which would have ended senators' involvement in the election of the prime minister.
Royal insult law repeal draws over 100,000 supporters
Online Reporters, Published on 06/11/2021
» More than 120,000 people have signed up to submit a bill calling for the repeal of the royal defamation law to Parliament.
Move Forward vows to push referendum
Online Reporters, Published on 26/06/2021
» Move Forward says it will push a referendum to scrap the 2017 constitution and set up an elected constitutional drafting body to write a new one.
New referendum law sails through Parliament
Online Reporters, Published on 22/06/2021
» Parliament has passed a new referendum law, paving the way for amendments or a rewrite of the constitution.
Pheu Thai charter bill may be shelved
Online Reporters, Published on 19/06/2021
» Two opposition parties have voiced concerns after an adviser to the Parliament president said the charter amendment bill proposed by the Pheu Thai Party may not be put on the meeting agenda this coming week.
Majority want totally new constitution: poll
Online Reporters, Published on 21/03/2021
» A majority of people want to see a constitution totally rewritten by a committee whose members are elected by the people, according to a survey by National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.
Charter rewrite may proceed with two referenda
Online Reporters, Published on 11/03/2021
» Parliament has the duty and authority to write a new constitution, but two referenda must be held — first to ask whether people want a new charter and second to approve the finished draft, according to the Constitutional Court.