Tag: Prayut
Nightlife business operators lobby PM for reopening on June 1
OPERATORS of all types of nightlife businesses asked Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to quickly allow the reopening of their establishments and restore the 300 billion baht industry at the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee meeting on Friday May 20, Thansettakij said this morning (May 18). Eight nightlife associations together with 230 …
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Biden looks to nudge Asean leaders to speak out on Russia
By AP and published by US News & World Report Washington — US President Joe Biden is looking to nudge southeast Asian leaders to be more outspoken about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the issue continues to be a delicate one for many members of the region’s 10-country alliance with deep ties to Moscow. Biden …
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Rally held in front of US embassy to draw attention to Thai political prisoners
TWO activist groups held a rally in front of the US embassy this afternoon (May 10) to send a message to US President Joe Biden and Asean leaders that they also focus on Thai political prisoners at their talks this week, Matichon newspaper said. The Asean-US Special Summit is being held in Washington with …
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Prawit persuades Thammanat to skip holding talks with Pheu Thai MPs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan has talked Thai Economic Party secretary-general Thammanat Prompao into changing his mind and literally keeping his distance from the opposition Pheu Thai Party. Prawit who concurrently performs as deputy prime minister told reporters at Government House today (May 10) that Thammanat, who concurrently is a …
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‘Depose Prayut, promote Prawit’ conspiracy involves Pheu Thai and Thai Economic parties: Saranwut
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO OUST Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and have Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan take his place has involved Pheu Thai Party and Thai Economic Party, according to Pheu Chart Party leader Saranwut Saranket. Saranwut said yesterday (May 7) the ongoing conspiracy to oust Prayut from the top …
Govt will not ask for court ruling on Prayut’s 8-year tenure: Wissanu
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT will not ask the Constitutional Court to pinpoint exactly when Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha may finish a maximum period of eight years in power, said Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam today (May 5). The deputy premier in charge of legal affairs told reporters at Government House that the …
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Prayut shrugs off hearsay over PM-changing conspiracy
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha today (May 3) downplayed widespread hearsay over an ongoing, clandestine conspiracy to change the head of government during an approaching censure/no-confidence motion. Asked by reporters at Government House whether he may have gotten wind of such a hush-hush plot to change the prime minister, Prayut shook …
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Analysis: Conspiracy hatched to turn kingmaker into PM
By Out-Crowd IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN whether a fresh conspiracy to turn Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan into head of government in place of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha following an approaching censure debate/no-confidence vote will ever bear fruit. Prawit who concurrently heads the ruling Palang Pracharath Party is being openly pitted by some coalition …
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Censure debate/no-confidence vote against Prayut delayed until early July
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A CENSURE DEBATE AND NO-CONFIDENCE vote against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is being delayed until early July now that the opposition bloc has postponed the lodging of a relevant motion until a couple of organic laws of the constitution have been enacted. The Pheu Thai-led opposition bloc today (Apr. 26) resolved …
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Palang Pracharath’s decision to skip by-election shows House dissolution likely looming
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SURPRISE DECISION OF Palang Pracharath Party against contesting next month’s by-election for MP in Ratchaburi has added weight to the probability of the House of Representatives being dissolved and a general election being called much sooner rather than later, said Move Forward MP Natcha Boonchai-insawat today (Apr 25). The by-election …
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Police looking for clues over token bomb attack outside First Infantry Regiment
By Thai Newsroom Reporters POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR clues over Sunday’s token attack with ping-pong bombs outside a major Bangkok army barracks which locates Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s home. National Security Council secretary-general Supot Malaniyom said the police were collecting pieces of evidence and making inquiries with witnesses pertaining to the event in which two …
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Rapper held after ping-pong bombs thrown near Prayut’s house in military compound
AFTER a motorcycle rider together with a pillion passenger threw two ping-pong bombs at the entrance of 1st Infantry Regiment compound on Vibhavadi Rangsit where Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s residence is located last evening (Apr. 10), police today arrested a well-known political rapper for having stored 30 such explosives in his house but as yet …
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Prayut on shaky ground over Seksakol’s alleged payoff bid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha could probably be held accountable for an alleged misconduct of a senior government official involving a demanded 15-million-baht payoff if he chose to do nothing about it shortly, said Thai Liberal Party leader Seripisut Temiyavej today (Apr. 7). Seripisut who concurrently chairs the House Committee on Corruption …
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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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Prayut will remain at the helm beyond August unless ruled otherwise by court: Wissanu
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha will definitely continue to run the country beyond August unless ruled otherwise by court, said Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam today (Mar.28). The deputy premier in charge of legal affairs said the Constitutional Court is yet to determine how long Prayut has already become head of …
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Thammanat named secretary-general of Thai Economic Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters “REBELLIOUS” MP Thammanat Prompao was today (Mar.18) named secretary-general of the Thai Economic Party. In today’s general caucus of Thai Economic Party, Wit Thephasadin na Ayudhya was voted top leader and Thammanat was voted secretary-general of the brand-new party whose executive board consists of 18 members, most of whom are …
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‘Renegade’ opposition MPs to help Prayut survive no-confidence vote
OVER A DOZEN OPPOSITION MPs will readily help Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha survive a censure/no-confidence motion expected in late May or early June by either casting their vote for him or abstaining from voting, a partisan source said today (Mar.16). The “renegade” MPs will practically turn coats to vote in support of Prayut or …
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Prawit vows to take care of splinter parties without help from Thammanat
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER/Palang Pracharath Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan today (Mar.15) vowed to take care of the MPs of all pro-government splinter parties without soliciting any help from Thai Economic MP Thammanat Prompao. Prawit reassured that all the splinter parties, most of which only have one MP, will be taken care …
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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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Thammanat keeps splinter parties consolidated as ‘independent group’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI ECONOMIC MP Thammanat Prompao today (Mar.11) managed to keep several splinter parties consolidated as an “independent group” of lawmakers who may or may not cast a vote of confidence for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha following a future censure debate. Thammanat hosted a luncheon for members of varied splinter parties, …
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Ex-PM Anand indicates Prayut may consider calling it quits for good
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PREMIER ANAND Panyarachun today (Mar.6) implied that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha may consider calling it quits for good and leaving the country to the young generations to run. Anand commented that foreign leaders might unreluctantly decide to step down only if they were publicly taken to task over problem-plagued personalities …
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