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Paetongtarn smoothly survives censure motion

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra has today (March 26) survived a censure motion with a majority of MPs casting votes of support for her. After two days of censure debate against the woman prime minister/daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra at parliament, 319 Pheu Thai-led coalition MPs cast […]

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Paetongtarn dismisses Thaksin’s ‘deal with the Devil’

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra today (March 25) categorically dismissed allegations that her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra had returned home from self-exile abroad under “the deal with the Devil.” Responding to the allegations launched by People’s MP Rangsiman Rome a few hours earlier during today’s censure debate in […]

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Paetongtarn accused of involvement in Thaksin’s cover-up

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra was today (March 25) relentlessly grilled for alleged involvement in her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s whitewash conspiracy to literally spare himself a one-year jail term upon his return from self-exile overseas in 2023. During the second day of censure debate at parliament, People’s […]

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PM returns home after attending censure debate for almost 15 hours 

  PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra returned home last night after participating in the  no-confidence debate from 08.15 a.m. to 10.32 p.m., a total of 14 hours and 17 minutes, Amarin TV and Thai Rath newspaper said. Reporters asked her about the perplexing word “kiki” being mentioned during the debate, and Paetongtarn replied:  “I just heard […]

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Paetongtarn grilled for lacking credentials, covering up Prayut’s mess

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra was relentlessly taken to task today (March 24) for alleged lack of credentials and doing without evident honesty whilst virtually running the country as a “puppet” leader pulled around by her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra. During the first day of a two-day censure […]

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Somchai gives Prawit high marks, slams PM

  FORMER election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn rated the performance of the opposition MPs and Prime Minister Paetongtorn Shinawatra during this morning’s (March 24) no-confidence debate being impressed by Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan while slamming the premier for her brief replies, Naewna newspaper said. (1) Opposition and People’s Party leader Natthapong Ruengpanyawut: He debated smoothly […]

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Thaksin helps PM gear for censure debate starting tomorrow

  DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra said this evening (March 23) that he has helped his daughter/Prime Minister Paetongtan Shinawatra prepare for the non-confidence debate starting tomorrow and is confident she would be able to answer all the questions asked within the rules, Amarin TV said. As for the big target, which is […]

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Censure debate against PM tipped to be scorching, relentless

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters SCATHING, RELENTLESS verbal barrages and intermittent, vehement protests will likely prevail over a two-day censure debate on the House floor beginning on the upcoming Monday against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. Though the historic motion launched by the People’s-led opposition bloc was primarily designed to grill the country’s second woman prime […]

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PM furious over alleged deal for Shinawatra family

  PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra snapped at reporters today (March 20) when questioned about the no-confidence debate, set for Monday-Tuesday March 24-25, with the opposition’s theme allegedly being “a country deal” for Shinawatra family, pointing out that everything must be done with reason, not emotion, Amarin TV said. Paetongtarn has become the sole target of […]

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Prawit to take the floor on censure debate against Paetongtarn

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters  IN WHAT WILL BE SEEN as a rare political phenomenon, Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan plans to take the House floor during censure debate against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra later this month. That will mark the first time that Prawit, a former deputy prime minister and currently the leader of […]

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