Elections

Prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday insisted that the road map for national elections remain unaltered, dismissing suggestions that the junta will postpone the poll in light of the King’s coronation ceremony. This idea was floated by ultra royalists Arthit Ourairat and Chulcherm Yugala yesterday, who ...

The age of neo-populism has emerged in Thailand, with at least four political parties vying on state-welfare-cum-populist platforms in the next general election scheduled for February 24. Phalang Pracharat Party, whose leaders are members of the outgoing Prayut Cabinet, is the front-runner on this platform ...

After the public was led to believe for a few months that the general election will be held on Feb 24, the Election Commission has refused to confirm the date amid rumours the poll could be delayed by a month. Thai media reported on Friday ...

Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) has confirmed that international bodies that wish to observe the general election next year will need to seek its approval. EC Secretary General Jarungwit Phumma said it would be customary for the EC to invite electoral organs of other countries to ...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha made clear today that the Election Commission will be the sole authority to decide whether or not to allow foreign observers to monitor the forthcoming election tentatively scheduled for February 14.However, Gen Prayut insisted that Thailand must solve its own internal ...

Thai political parties – one as young as one month old – are gearing up for the kingdom’s first national election since 2011, when Pheu Thai’s Yingluck Shinawatra was vaulted into power. She was ousted by a military coup just three years later. Supporters of ...

The junta’s decision to lift the ban on most political activities appears to benefit politicians in the run-up to the general election, but pro-democracy activists continue to languish in jail, fighting long-drawn-out court cases, pro-rights organisations said yesterday (Dec, 12).Keep reading ...

Representatives from political parties slammed the coup-sponsored 2017 charter on Monday, branded “Section 44” of being another form of coup and suggested the constitution should be amended after the House of Representatives is in place. Keep reading ...

The Election Commission (EC) has finalised the demarcation of constituencies, which will be published in the Royal Gazette in a few days, according to chairman Ittiporn Boonpracong. Keep reading ...

The European Union on Sunday (Nov, 11) offered a clarification over a media report that it has asked to send an army of observers to monitor the upcoming general election expected in February next year.It said in a clarification that the EU has not received ...