PM urged to dissolve House or step down if govt’s executive decree denied by court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul was today (July 7) advised either to dissolve the House of Representatives or to resign if the Bhumjaithai-led government’s executive decree supposedly designed to address economic woes was ruled by the Constitutional Court as unconstitutional on the upcoming Thursday. Deputy People’s leader/MP Parit Wacharasindhu insisted that […]
Read MorePM pressed to set up panel to investigate ‘Do Help the Blue’ scandal
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul was today (June 15) repeatedly pressed to set up an “independent” committee to look into allegations that a senior government official had unlawfully ordered any of his subordinates via Line messages to “Do Help the Blue”, apparently referring to the Bhumjaithai electoral campaign during the […]
Read More63 ‘pro-democracy’ senators urged to help with Pita’s bid for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SIXTY-THREE SENATORS who had earlier endorsed a fruitless bid to rescind the senatorial power to vote for prime minister were today (May 16) advised to help land Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat the elected premiership. Move Forward MP-designate Parit Wacharasindhu called on the 63 senators who had supported the aborted […]
Read MoreLawyer Anon released on bail for three months
THE SOUTHERN Bangkok Criminal Court today (Feb. 28) allowed human rights lawyer and activist Anon Nampa to be bailed out in two cases with one being under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lese majeste law, and the other for violating the emergency decree in the holding of protest in Ratchaprasong intersection, […]
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