Palang Pracharat to finally invite Gen Prayut to be its PM candidate Friday

The pro-junta Palang Pracharat party will tomorrow afternoon extend a formal invitation to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to be its prime ministerial candidate in the upcoming election. Uttama Savanayana, the former industry minister and party leader, will lead a delegation of Palang Pracharat’s key members to meet with Gen Prayut at the Government House to […]

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Drugs found in 20% of Udon draft candidates

UDON THANI: Officials were stunned to discover that one-fifth of the military draft candidates who reported in Muang district on Friday tested positive for drugs. A total of 495 men aged 21 from six tambons reported for the annual draft, held in a hall at the CentralPlaza Udonthani shopping centre on Friday. The process included […]

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New charter bans persons with election fraud history from candidacy

BANGKOK, 12 February 2016 (NNT) – The new constitution draft now permanently prohibits persons with the record of election fraud from becoming house members, according to CDC. The Constitution Drafting Commission member Supachai Yawaprapat has said in a televised broadcast revealing a new requirement for house of representative candidates to be free from any records […]

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China Will Let Hong Kongers Vote for Their Next Leader – But Only If a Pro-Beijing Committee Selects the Candidates

For pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, China’s promise to let the people have a say in the election of the city’s next top leader is looking rather hollow. The standing committee of China’s National People Representative Conference (NPC) announced on August 31 that candidates for the 2017 election of Hong Kong’s chief executive must obtain […]

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