Pheu Thai urges supporters to avoid Ratchaprasong during Democrat rally

BANGKOK, June 22 – The Pheu Thai Party on Wednesday issued a statement asking its members and supporters to stay away from the Democrat Party rally at Ratchaprasong, citing concerns over possible disturbances by third parties. Pheu Thai party spokesman Prompong Nopparit read the statement following the planned political rally Thursday by the Democrat Party […]

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Yellow Shirts petitions Election Commission to dissolve Pheu Thai Party

BANGKOK, June 21 – The so-called yellow shirt People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on Tuesday petitioned the Election Commission (EC) to dissolve the Pheu Thai Party, claiming the active role of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra as grounds for its disbandment. PAD spokesman Panthep Puapongpan and Samdin Lertbut, secretary-general of the Puea Fa Din Party, submitted the […]

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Activists seek DSI lawsuit against top-listed Pheu Thai candidate Yingluck Shinawatra

BANGKOK, June 21 – Activists on Tuesday asked the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to take legal action against Yingluck Shinawatra, youngest sister of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, top listed candidate of the Pheu Thai Party, accusing her of perjury and falsified stock trading in connection with the assets concealment case involving her brother […]

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Thai Democrat Party going ahead with rally at Ratchaprasong

BANGKOK, June 20 – Thailand’s Democrat Party will press ahead with a major election campaign rally at Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong intersection on Thursday, at the site where last year’s clashes between government forces and ‘Red Shirt’ United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) protesters in April and May, a party executive said here Monday. Ongart Klampaiboon, […]

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Pheu Thai Urged to Clarify Stand on Red-shirt Group

The Democrat leader has expressed his disappointment with the top Pheu Thai MP candidate’s denial of her party’s involvement in the red-shirt group’s disruption of the Democrat poll campaigning. Democrat Party leader Abhist Vejjajiva expressed his disappointment with Pheu Thai Number One party-list MP candidate Yingluck Shinawatra’s denial of any involvement with the red-shirt group’s […]

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No violence on Thailand election day: Suthep

BANGKOK, 20 June (NNT)-Democrat Secretary-General Mr. Suthep Thuagsuban has assured voters that the election will take place as scheduled while predicting that minor disruptions could be expected during the polls but they will not be extreme. Meanwhile, Mr. Suthep spoke of the Democrat campaign, scheduled to be held at Rachaprasong Intersection on Thursday, that it […]

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