BANGKOK, 6 September 2011 (NNT) – The opposition Democrat Party has set up a shadow cabinet of its own under the leadership of Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva in an effort to keep its eye on the Pheu Thai-led government’s operations. After a meeting of Democrat Party executives, Democrat Party Spokesperson Chavanond Intarakomalyasut stated that the executives […]
UDON THANI, 4 September 2011 (NNT) – Hundreds of Red Shirt members witnessed the opening ceremony of Red Shirt Village for Democracy in Udon Thani. The inauguration was presided over by former Minister of Labor and Social Welfare Prasong Boonpong. Around 800 Red Shirt members, some of whom are Pheu Thai MP’s, were present at […]
BANGKOK, 29 August 2011 (NNT) – The Pheu Thai Party has dismissed the rumour that Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul was to request the British authorities to grant a visa for ex-Prime Minister Police Lieutenant Colonel Thaksin Shinawatra. Pheu Thai Party Spokesperson Prompong Nopparit criticised the Democrat Party, particularly Acting Democrat Party Spokesperson Chavanond Intarakomalyasut, for […]
Tokyo – Thailand’s fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday he had no immediate plan to return to his country. “I don’t think I would go back (to Thailand) if I were to be part of the problem,” Thaksin, who arrived Monday for a week-long stay, told a news conference in Tokyo. Thaksin, who […]
BANGKOK, 22 August 2011 (NNT) – Thailand’s former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said it would only encourage social divides to establish a village exclusively for Red Shirt members, adding that the move would not represent them symbolically as they claimed in the past. The Head of Democrat Party designate, Mr. Abhisit, said he would like […]
Most people want ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra to distance himself from politics in Thailand and give his sister, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a free hand in managing the country, a poll has found. Abac Poll, conducted by Assumption University, last week asked 2,193 Thais in 17 provinces what they think about the Pheu Thai led […]
BANGKOK, 21 August 2011 (NNT) – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said she was not bothered by the Opposition Party’s debate while showing her confidence that the Foreign Minister would be able to defend himself regarding the entry visa to Japan for her brother. Pheu Thai is expected to deliver the policy statement from Tuesday to […]
UDON THANI, Aug 16 – The Udon Thani Provincial Court on Tuesday granted bail for 22 Red Shirt suspects charged in relation to last year’s political demonstrations and violence. The Red Shirt leading member Kwanchai Praipana travelled to the court on Tuesday afternoon to hear the ruling after nine Pheu Thai members of parliament on […]
