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Parties renew calls for democracy reforms, charter amendment
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 11/12/2022
» Opposition parties and the Democrat Party, a key coalition partner of the government, on Constitution Day on Saturday renewed their calls for a rewrite of the charter to ensure "full restoration" of democracy.
Parties push harder for charter shift
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 21/10/2022
» Some political parties and movements have vowed to push harder for either an amendment or rewrite of the 2017 constitution, saying only a fair charter will bring about a free and just election.
Political peer pressure
News, Published on 01/10/2022
» Bhumjaithai Party supporters have been crying foul over what they perceive to be growing hostility towards the party from within and outside the coalition bloc.
TST makes elderly-welfare vow
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 05/08/2022
» The Thai Sang Thai Party (TST) has vowed to push for better state welfare for the elderly, saying it plans to offer all elderly people a monthly allowance of 3,000 baht.
Former FTI chief says he has nothing to fear in entering politics
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 17/05/2022
» Suphan Mongkolsuthee, former chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), was on Monday named leader of the Thai Sang Thai Party's economics team.
Pheu Thai raises eyebrows
News, Published on 12/06/2021
» The main opposition Pheu Thai Party raised many eyebrows when it declared this week that it was ready to take over the government from the ruling Palang Pracharath Party if Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha caved in to mounting political pressure.
Critics of govt fret over rewrite hitches
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/03/2021
» Government critics have voiced their concerns over legal complications that might hinder a charter rewrite if the Constitutional Court rules on the legality of the proposed amendments too late.
Knives at the ready
News, Published on 16/01/2021
» A no-confidence debate has been termed a "necessary ritual" by critics and this year the opposition is wasting no time drawing up a timetable for filing a censure motion against the government at the earliest available opportunity.
Clear direction badly needed
News, Published on 09/01/2021
» About this time last year, Covid-19 was rearing its ugly head on the back of growing predictions that an outbreak was imminent and bound to take a devastating toll on lives and hit the government where it hurt the most -- its coffers.
A fraught year in politics
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 30/12/2020
» It is often said that Thailand resolves around political events. Here are the five most dynamic and attention-grabbing stories — the youth-led, anti-government protests, the Future Forward Party’s spectacular fall, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha surviving the Constitutional Court’s rulings that threatened to deliver the death warrant on his premiership, the Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) elections held for the first time in six years and the internal turbulence experienced by the main opposition Pheu Thai Party — which have left their mark this year.