BANGKOK, 19 May 2011 (NNT) – Pheu Thai Party’s prime minister candidate Yingluck Shinawatra will start the election campaign for her party very soon after she has registered herself with the Election Commission as a party-listed MP candidate. The leading candidate stated that she will start her political campaigns by visiting local people after the […]
BANGKOK, 13 May 2011 (NNT) – Police have ordered the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) to take down its inappropriate campaign billboard and will seek the Election Commission (EC)’s consideration whether the group has breached the electoral law. Following a meeting of the police center for the administration of peace and order during the election, […]
BANGKOK, May 12 –The Democrat Party will ask Thailand’s police to provide security for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva during the election campaign after the Election Commission (EC) told the premier to avoid using his state-owned bullet-proof vehicle during the election campaign. The premier on Thursday went to Government House by a bullet-proof vehicle provided by […]
Former Pheu Thai MP for Samut Prakan Pracha Prasopdee was shot last night in what is seen as the first election-related violence since the House dissolution on Monday. Mr Pracha was shot in the back at about 9pm in the Phra Pradaeng area while he was driving his Toyota Camry to Phra Samut Chedi district […]
Thaksin Shinawatra, in his lengthy phone-in to the red-shirts in Udon Thani last night effectively kicked off his election campaign with his series of populist planks. He said “all polls” say Pheau Thai Party will win more than half of the seats. He declared that he will make his election platform public on April 24. […]
BANGKOK, 27 March 2011 (NNT)-Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he wished for a transparent election campaign, saying vote-buying wouldl undermine people’s rights to vote, adding that Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra would be able to return to politics as long as he abided by the law. Following a phone-in by Mr. Thaksin encouraging red shirt […]
BANGKOK, 23 March 2011 (NNT)-The Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) has launched a campaign encouraging motorcycle drivers and passengers to wear safety helmets this year. Over 8,400 helmets are expected to be given away for free. In its 42nd Anniversary celebration, TISI has made this year “The Year of Helmet Wearing”. The institute has urged […]
Former Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat on Tuesday revealed that his brother-in-law Thaksin Shinawatra would assist in the campaigning for Pheu Thai Party to form the next government. “Thaksin will help to the fullest extent of his ability to enable Pheu Thai to form a single-party government,” he said. The Nation
