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Gigantic Prawit billboards merely designed as publicity campaign: Chaiwut
By Thai Newsroom Reporters GIGANTIC ROADSIDE BILLBOARDS portraying Palang Pracharath Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan were merely designed as a publicity campaign for the largest coalition partner and the deputy prime minister, said a deputy party leader today (Apr 10). Digital Economy & Society Minister/deputy Palang Pracharath leader Chaiwut Thanakhamanusorn said the huge billboards erected …
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Prawit puts up highway billboards wishing travellers Happy Thai New Year
PEOPLE travelling to their hometown for Songkran today (Apr. 9) were greeted with large highway billboards showing Deputy Prime Minister and head of Palang Pracharat Party Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan wishing them a Happy Thai New Year along the way with this being an indication of this party gearing up for election battles, Matichon newspaper …
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Some 600,000 first-time voters decisive factor in Bangkok governor election: Academic
SOME 600,000 FIRST-TIME voters of Bangkok could probably become a decisive factor in next month’s gubernatorial election, forecast a university academic today (Apr. 3). According to Chulalongkorn University political scientist Siripan Nogsuan Sawasdee, those first-time voters, all being Bangkok’s Gen X and Gen Y youngsters, would undoubtedly make a decision in an opposite direction to …
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Aswin faces being outvoted due to Prayut’s tacit support: MP
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER BANGKOK governor Aswin Kwanmuang could probably be outvoted in the May 22 gubernatorial election only because he is being unknowingly supported by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, albeit in tacit, unsolicited fashion, said a coalition MP today (Apr.2). Democrat MP Panich Vikitsreth posted on his Facebook page to comment that Aswin …
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Prayut has tacitly helped Aswin in race for Bangkok governor: Ex-Deputy PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha has evidently tried to help former Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang, albeit in tacit fashion, with the latter’s electoral campaign for the capital city’s top post, alleged a former deputy premier today (Apr.1). During an informal visit to a food market near Government House last Tuesday, Prayut …
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Several noted figures running for Bangkok governor
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SEVERAL PROMINENT persons today (Mar.31) applied to run for Bangkok governor. A gubernatorial election scheduled for May 22 will see Bangkokians in all 50 districts of the capital going to the polls to pick either one of those contestants including: Former Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang, former deputy Bangkok governor Sakoltee …
Paetongtarn still undecided whether to run for PM: Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PRIME MINISTER Thaksin Shinawatra said last night (Mar.29) his youngest daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra has not as yet made up her mind whether she will run for head of a post-election government. During a Care Talk/Care Clubhouse live streaming, Thaksin aka Tony Woodsome, said Paetongtarn is completely free to decide …
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Aswin steps down to contest Bangkok governor election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BANGKOK GOVERNOR ASWIN Kwanmuang has stepped down today (Mar.24) with intent to contest a gubernatorial election, scheduled for May 22. Aswin has tendered his resignation as an unelected governor and planned to vie as a non-partisan contestant for a return to the top post at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. Since …
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Analysis: Prayut will not dissolve House only to dodge no-confidence bid
By Out-Crowd IT WILL BE VERY UNLIKELY for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to dissolve the House of Representatives and call a general election, let alone step down, to avoid a censure debate and no-confidence vote, speculated in an upcoming May or June, no matter what the consequences will be. What was essentially understandable to …
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Cabinet nod for Bangkok governor and Pattaya City mayor elections
THE Cabinet gave the green light for holding Bangkok governor and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration council as well as Pattaya City mayor and Pattaya City council elections today (Mar. 8) with the Election Commission to name the date and this is expected to be Sunday May 29, 2022, Matichon newspaper said. The Cabinet approved the …
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Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party offers to name Prayut as PM after next election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters RUAM THAI SANG CHART Party will offer to name Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as candidate for head of a post-election government only if Palang Pracharath Party no longer does following the polls, said Seksakol Attawong, assistant to the Prime Minister’s Office Minister, today (Feb.7). The founder of a brand-new Ruam …
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Move Forward MP resigns to run for Bangkok governor
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OUTSPOKEN MP Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn today (Feb. 3) resigned as legislator of Move Forward Party with a known intent to contest Bangkok’s gubernatorial election in the next few months. Wiroj who is yet to be replaced as MP by one of the Move Forward party-listed candidates officially declared in the 2019 …
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General election to be held no later than middle of this year: Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PREMIER THAKSIN Shinawatra yesterday (Feb. 1) said he did not believe a military coup will occur anytime soon but forecast a general election will likely take place no later than the middle of this year. In Care Talk/Care Clubhouse live podcast programme, Thaksin advised Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to dissolve …
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Loser in Nayok Or Bor Tor election hangs himself
A CANDIDATE in the Nayok Or Bor Tor (head of the Subdistrict Administrative Organisation) election at Trat province’s Huang Nam Khao subdistrict hanged himself at a seaside bungalow after losing the race by just 52 votes, Siam Rath newspaper and Sanook.cm said today (Nov. 30) Pol. Lt. Col. Sittachai Saisorn, duty officer at Ao …
Or Bor Tor election held smoothly nationwide
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE FIRST ELECTION IN NEARLY a decade in Thailand’s smallest democratic units, better known as Or Bor Tor (the Subdistrict Administrative Organisation), was held smoothly throughout the country today (Nov. 28) albeit with a meager number of electoral wrongdoing cases reported. Deputy Election Commission secretary-general Kittipong Boriboon reported that the election …
Horrendous traffic jams in Korat as Isarn villagers head home for local elections
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TRAFFIC ON A NORTHEASTERN highway was utterly heavy today (Nov. 27) as Isarn villagers were returning home from Bangkok and elsewhere for a long-awaited election of Or Bor Tor (Tambon Administrative Organisation) tomorrow. The Highway Police reported terribly congested traffic on Mittraphap Highway between Pak Chong and Sikhio areas leading to …
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Prayut to be told to dissolve House if lack of quorum repeated: Prawit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha would be told to dissolve the House of Representatives and call a general election if lack of a quorum for House meetings repeatedly occurred, according to Palang Pracharath Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan. Prawit who concurrently performs as deputy premier was quoted as saying during yesterday’s (Nov. …
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Wine cooler at Election Commission ‘used to keep fruit juice for guests’
A FORMER election commissioner said in a Facebook post today (Nov. 11) that the wine cooler at the office of Mr. Thitichat Nuchanat, election commissioner-IT, was used to keep fruit juice for guests, Sanook.com said. The Election Commission had yesterday quickly deleted a photo of the commissioner giving an interview to a reporter after …
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Election Commission deletes photo after netizens zoom in on suspicious cabinet
THE Election Commission today (Nov. 10) quickly deleted a photo of a commissioner giving an interview to a reporter after Thai netizens noticed a cabinet with solid glass at the corner of the office that appeared to be a wine cooler, Sanook.com said. Mr. Thitichat Nuchanat, Election Commissioner-IT, was giving information about preparations for the …
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Palang Pracharath Party skipping Bangkok Governor race: Prawit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Party will not name a partisan candidate for Bangkok Governor, confirmed party leader Prawit Wongsuwan today (Nov. 2). The largest coalition partner in government will not send any candidate running for Bangkok Governor under its banners to avoid a legal battle which might possibly follow, commented the Palang Pracharath …
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Ex-police chief opts out of Bangkok’s gubernatorial race
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER POLICE CHIEF Chakthip Chaijinda today (Nov. 1) opted out of Bangkok’s gubernatorial election which would otherwise pit him against a fellow police general, incumbent Governor Aswin Kwanmuang. Chakthip told some 50 candidates who will contest for members of the Bangkok Metropolitan Council that he has decided to drop out of …
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Commentary: Running in the family
By Out-Crowd SEVERAL PROMINENT PARTIES have already pitted certain persons, mostly being their respective top leaders, as candidate for head of a post-election government though nobody could yet rest assured as to how soon the race to parliament may take place. Strange but true, only one major party, namely the Pheu Thai Party, remains …