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Padipat critised over barbecue 'meeting'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/08/2023
» Deputy House Speaker Padipat Suntiphada has come under fire after spending his parliamentarian allowance on treating 370 caretakers for an all-you-can-eat buffet on Friday evening.
Shaking up conscription
News, Published on 11/05/2023
» Academics and human rights defenders have expressed mixed responses to calls to scrap compulsory military service, which is gaining national attention in the lead-up to the May 14 polls.
Prawit will 'warm the chair' if PM goes before poll
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/05/2022
» Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon will step into the hot seat should Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha complete his eight-year term in office in August, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam told reporters on Monday.
Voting rules row simmers on
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 06/01/2022
» On Dec 23, government coalition parties submitted to parliament draft amendments to two organic laws on the election to reflect recent changes to the electoral system -- a move which will pave the way for the next general election.
Thamanat fit to hold post: court
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 06/05/2021
» The Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister and Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MP for Phayao, Thamanat Prompow, is qualified to hold his positions despite having served four years in an Australian prison in 1994.
Referendum bill to pass 3rd reading
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 02/04/2021
» The referendum bill is expected to sail through the third reading in parliament, said Senator Wanchai Sornsiri, spokesman of a parliamentary committee vetting the bill.
Unity panel risks being built on sand
News, Published on 08/11/2020
» The future of the proposed reconciliation committee aimed at resolving the political conflict still hangs in the balance as the anti-government movement has refused to take part while the position of opposition politicians remains unclear.
Court clears Sira of abusing his power
News, Published on 02/07/2020
» The Constitutional Court on Wednesday cleared Palang Pracharath Party's Sira Jenjaka of abuse of power in relation to claims he interfered in a condominium project in Phuket last year, paving the way for him to file a counter-suit against fellow MPs who brought the case to court.
9 defect to Bhumjaithai
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 26/02/2020
» The defection of nine MPs from the newly dissolved Future Forward Party (FFP) to the Bhumjaithai Party boosts the latter's bargaining power in the coalition government and also its leader's chances of becoming the next prime minister, an academic said on Tuesday.
Prayut to face House grilling
News, Published on 15/08/2019
» The opposition is filing an urgent motion for a parliamentary debate to grill Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha over the oath-taking controversy after he twice missed House sessions to explain the matter.