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Prayut fails to show up at ministry, joins meeting via video conference

  WITH the Constitutional Court having ordered Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to stop performing premiership duties until its ruling on his eight-year rule is delivered, he still remains the defence minister and was expected to preside over a meeting there this afternoon (August 25) but did not show up opting to do so via video […]

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Prayut stays away from Govt House amid protests

  PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha did not come to work at the Government House this morning (August 24) opting to chair a meeting of the Policy Committee on Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Country for Targeted Industries via video conference, Sanook.com said. He also assigned Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai to preside over the […]

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Anti-Prayut protesters occupy street outside Government House, standoff with police

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters  HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS today (August 23) peacefully occupied an empty street near Government House with intent to spend the night over there waiting for more people to join tomorrow and to mount pressure on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down upon the end of his eight-year rule. The anti-Prayut […]

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Protesters hold curse ritual at Democracy Monument

  ONE of the groups of protesters rallying to pressure Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down as his eight-year rule ends today (August 23) held a ceremony to curse him at the Democracy Monument, INN News and Sanook.com said. This ceremony, which started at 5.30 p.m., involved burning salt and chillies and an image […]

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Prayut could continue as Defence Minister if ordered by court to halt being PM: Wissanu

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha may legally perform as defence minister, the post which he has concurrently assumed, if he is ordered by court to stop performing as head of government in the wake of a legal controversy over his eight-year rule, said Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam today (August 22). […]

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Prayut avoids media, waiting for court’s ruling

  PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha refused to answer reporters’ questions about mounting pressure to step down as his eight-year rule is ending tomorrow, August 23,  with a spokesman later saying he is waiting for the Constitutional Court’s ruling on this issue, Matichon newspaper said. When he came out of the Phakdi Bodin Building at the […]

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Protesters might move to literally keep Prayut out of Government House

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters A GROUP OF POLITICAL activists might probably steer a massive move to literally keep out Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha from Government House since, they said, his eight-year rule is ending on upcoming Tuesday. The so-called Khana Lom Ruam Prachachon (Group For the Melting of the People Together) activists told hundreds […]

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38 activist groups call on Prayut to step down

  ISSUING a statement at the Democracy Monument today (August 21) calling on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down on Wednesday August 24 when he completes eight years in power were 38 activist groups from four regions, Matichon newspaper said. The event was led by Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or Rung, from Thammasat Coalition and Assembly […]

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Rural doctors again urge Prayut to step down after 8-year rule

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE RURAL DOCTOR Society has today (August 19) repeated their calls for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down now that his eight years in power is allegedly ending on upcoming Wednesday. The Rural Doctor Society has issued an essentially repeated statement on its urging for Prayut to learn to […]

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Prayut could stay put for months pending court ruling on 8-year tenure

By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha might probably stay on as head of government for several months after next week pending a ruling by the Constitutional Court over his contentious eight-year tenure, said a veteran lawmaker today (August 16). Deputy Sarng Anakhot Thai party leader Nipit Intharasombat posted on his Facebook page saying […]

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