Prime ministerial hopeful Yingluck Shinawatra’s MP status will be endorsed by the Election Commission this week, Pheu Thai Party predicts. The election watchdog is investigating complaints that Ms Yingluck, Pheu Thai’s candidate for prime minister, allowed her self-exiled brother Thaksin Shinawatra to influence the party’s affairs. Read more: Bangkok Post
Yingluck Shinawatra is poised to be the first female prime minister of Thailand, but the first signs of a coup d’état have already arrived. Thailand’s history overflows with unrest, and there have been more coups than there have been full-term premiers. The Election Commission of Thailand on Tuesday chose not to verify the results of […]
BANGKOK, 13 July 2011 (NNT) – Incoming Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has announced that her Pheu Thai-led government will push forward three mega projects including land reclamation from sea. According to Ms Yingluck, the three mega projects include land reclamation of 200,000-300,000 rai with an operating cost of 12.5 billion baht per four square metres, […]
BANGKOK, 13 July 2011 (NNT) – Incoming Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has voiced no concern as the Election Commission (EC) has not yet certified her MP status, saying that she is confident to be able to explain everything to the investigating panel. Ms Yingluck stated that at present the procedure is still within the timeframe […]
Thailand’s Election Commission on Tuesday officially endorsed 109 party-list candidates but suspended 16 others including outgoing PM Abhisit Vejjajiva, PM designate Yingluck Shinawatra and red shirted leaders of Pheu Thai party. The EC reasoned that it decided to suspend because it would have to investigate the complaints against the candidates. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 11 July 2011 (NNT) – Chart Thai Pattana Party Chief Advisor Banharn Silpa-archa has acceded that he recently met former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra but denies bargaining for more cabinet seats for his party. Mr Banharn confirmed that he had traveled to Brunei to visit Mr Thaksin as acquaintances and they only had a […]
BANGKOK, July 10 – Thailand’s prime minister-to-be Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday said the list of cabinet members should be done in one or two weeks after the Election Commission (EC) endorses the July 3 election results, while reaffirming that her cabinet line-up has not been influenced by her brother, self-exiled ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The top […]
Prime minister-in-waiting Yingluck Shinawatra said on Saturday that her brother, former prime minister Thaksin, and members of the No.111 House group had not involved in her party. She was responding the move by head of legal team of the Democrat Wirat Kalayasiri who had on Friday filed a petition with the Election Commission asking the […]
