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Aspiring senators ask court to relax EC rules
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 30/04/2024
» Four prospective candidates for the new 200-member Senate on Tuesday petitioned the Administrative Court to rule against the Election Commission’s (EC) regulations restricting all candidates’ use of social media and mass media to introduce themselves to the public.
Election Commission warns against 'meddling' in Senate poll
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/04/2024
» Individuals who are found guilty of manipulating the senator election process could be banned from participating in politics for life, the Election Commission (EC) warned on Sunday.
Senator blasts PM chief's 'election ploy'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/04/2024
» Senator Somchai Sawangkarn is calling on the Election Commission (EC) to take action against any attempts to manipulate the election of new senators.
Gender panel gets no-go
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 23/08/2019
» The House of Representatives has voted down a proposal by the Future Forward Party (FFP) to set up an additional house committee on gender diversity. The vote tally was 365 against and 101 in favour, with three abstentions.
Regime critics slam decision in Prawit watches case
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/12/2018
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has set a precedent for excuses in future asset-concealment cases by clearing Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon in the luxury watches scandal, spokesmen for the Pheu Thai and Thai Raksa Chart parties said on Friday.
Suthep kicks off ACT recruitment campaign
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 01/10/2018
» Suthep Thaugsuban, co-founder of the Action Coalition for Thailand party (ACT), has kicked off the party’s member recruitment campaign at Pattavikorn Market in Bangkok’s Bung Kum district.
NLA 'likely' to pass pot and kratom bill
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 29/09/2018
» A bill that would allow two narcotic plants, marijuana and kratom (Mitragyna speciose), to be grown for medical research purposes has been submitted to the Secretariat of the Senate, Somchai Sawaengkan, a member of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA), said yesterday.