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Senators condemn chef's act
Post Reporters, Published on 02/10/2023
» Senators on Sunday condemned a Thai chef who berated and chased their colleague, Khunying Porntip Rojanasunan, out of a restaurant in Iceland over her political views.
Charter court accepts senators’ complaint
Post Reporters, Published on 26/03/2025
» The Constitutional Court has accepted a petition filed by 92 senators, asking it to rule on whether Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and Justice Minister Pol Col Tawee Sodsong should lose their posts for interfering in the Senate election process.
Probe sought into senators' qualifications
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/07/2019
» Ruangkrai Leekitwattana, a former member of the dissolved Thai Raksa Chart Party, says he will on Tuesday petition the Election Commission (EC) to probe the eligibility of some senators and forward the case to the Constitutional Court to rule on the matter.
Prawit heads selection of senators
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 26/02/2019
» Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, deputy chief of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), will head the selection committee of senators, who he says will not include active soldiers.
Senators seen as PM puppets
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/05/2019
» At least 160 or two-thirds of the 250 newly appointed senators are close associates of the regime with military or police backgrounds, sparking criticism that the Upper House is a tool to extend the regime's rule, which critics say would renew political conflict and create a fresh impasse.
Senators seen as PM puppets
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/05/2019
» At least 160 or two-thirds of the 250 newly appointed senators have military or police backgrounds, sparking criticism that the Upper House is a tool to extend the regime's rule, which critics say would renew political conflict.
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.
Senators hiring kin deemed 'legal'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/06/2022
» Senate Speaker Pornpetch Wichitcholchai has maintained that senators appointing their relatives to work on their Senate teams is not illegal.
PM's tenure issue splits senators
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Wassana Nanuam, Published on 15/01/2023
» Senators are divided over a proposal seeking to amend the constitution in what is seen as a move to help Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha cling to power.
'No room to sway senators'
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 15/02/2023
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday insisted that he is in no position to influence the Senate to endorse his bid to carry on as PM after the next election.