Phumtham downplays PM’s legal battle over ministerial naming debacle
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI WHEELER-DEALER/Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said today’s (May 23) event in which the Constitutional Court has accepted an impeachment bid against Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was practically no cause for concern. Known as a right-hand man of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, the deputy prime minister-cum-commerce […]
Read MoreSrettha spared court suspension in performing as PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SRETTHA THAVISIN was today (May 23) spared a court-ordered suspension from performing as prime minister amidst an impeachment bid filed against him. Constitutional Court judges voted 5:4 to not suspend the Pheu Thai-attached prime minister from doing his official duties with immediate effect, pending a court ruling on the severe […]
Read MorePichit calls it quits as court action on impeachment bid nears
By Thai Newsroom Reporters JUST A FEW DAYS ahead of a court action on an impeachment bid, Pichit Chuenban has today (May 21) resigned as minister attached to the Prime Minister’s Office. Yesterday, the Pheu Thai-attached Pichit had dismissed hearsay of his stepping down under pressure but today he has finally bowed to it […]
Read MoreSrettha quietly pressing Pichit to quickly call it quits
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin is desperately talking Prime Minister’s Office Minister Pichit Chuenban into calling it quits very shortly to dampen a fresh impeachment bid lodged by senators against the both of them, a partisan source said today (May 20). The Pheu Thai-attached prime minister who is currently on official […]
Read MorePichit dismisses hearsay on resigning to head off impeachment bid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE Minister Pichit Chuenban today (May 20) categorically dismissed hearsay he has just called it quits in the face of an impeachment bid recently lodged against Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and himself. The Pheu Thai-attached Pichit told reporters at Government House he is not going to resign as […]
Read MoreCourt decision on PM impeachment bid expected on Thursday
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT is expected on upcoming Thursday to either accept or waive a senatorial petition for the judicial body to consider impeaching Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and Prime Minister’s Office Minister Pichit Chuenban, an official said today (May 18). If the surprise petition recently filed by 40 senators is […]
Read MoreWith Trump impeachment trial over, wary Washington seeks to move forward
By Reuters staff (Washington) – Former President Donald Trump’s acquittal on charges of inciting a deadly attack on the US Capitol left Democrats and Republicans deeply divided today (Feb. 14) even as Washington seeks to move on with Democratic President Joe Biden’s political agenda. The Senate trial concluded on Saturday with a 57-43 vote in […]
Read MoreTrump impeachment trial could end today, conviction seen unlikely
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report Washington – Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial could conclude on Saturday, leaving a divided US Senate to decide whether the former president incited his supporters to attack the US Capitol on Jan. 6 in a last-ditch effort to stay in power after his November election […]
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