Senior Pheu Thai politicians yesterday warned the government that unless a general election was called soon and power returned to the voters, the country might witness a “violent protest”. Chief Pheu Thai MP Chalerm Yoobamrung said during a meeting of party MPs from the northeast in Chiang Mai that he believed the Abhisit Vejjajiva administration […]
During the House session, the defense minister pointed out that the cracking down of the red shirt rally earlier this year was done lawfully and in accordance to the human rights standards, and that those injured have already been compensated. Yesterday, the House inquired about the government’s crackdown on the red shirt rally earlier this […]
Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will return to Thailand if the opposition Pheu Thai Party wins a landslide election victory and forms a one-party government, according to a satellite-based television station run by his family. If Pheu Thai forms a government, legislation to grant amnesty to people banned from politics will be “urgently tabled […]
If a general election was held today, slightly more than half of respondents surveyed by Abac Poll said they would vote for the Democrat Party to form the next government, according to survey results released yesterday. The survey showed both the ruling Democrat Party and the Opposition Pheu Thai Party would not win enough seats […]
BANGKOK, 15 September 2010 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has confirmed that the Government has no policy to pardon any wrongdoer in political rallies for the sake of national reconciliation as proposed by the coalition Bhumjaithai Party. Prime Minister Abhisit dismissed the policy to issue an amnesty bill for all wrongdoers in the past […]
His intense silence has fired rumors about ‘intensive care’. Is Thaksin in ICU (Intensive Care Unit)? Or is it just some wild rumor promoted by some of his foes? Manager Weekly today put Thaksin Shinawatra on the cover again with a simple headline: “ICU”? The story inside repeats the speculation about Thaksin’s health. But some […]
THAILAND- Abhisit Vejjajiva said the government would not stop Thaksin from entering the country, but, as a fugitive, the former leader must first come under the judicial process. “There is no problem. He is not prohibited from entering the country. After his entry, he will have to come under Thai law,” the PM said. In […]
