Democrat Party News

The Election Commission is unlikely to be able to endorse the victory of the Democrat Party's Tankhun Jitt-issara within the normal seven days because it has received three complaints contesting the Don Muang by-election result, EC member Sodsri Sattayatham said on Tuesday.

Tankhun Jitt-itsara of the Democrat Party is likely to win the Don Muang by-election on Sunday, after an unofficial count showed that he was more than 2,000 votes ahead of his rival from the Pheu Thai Party.

Tankhun Jitt-itsara of the Democrat Party is likely to win the Don Muang by-election on Sunday, after an unofficial count showed that he was more than 2,000 votes ahead of his rival from the Pheu Thai Party.

The underdog Democrat Party is counting on sympathy, its reputation for consistency, and controversy over government policy to end its political jinx in Don Muang.

A meeting of the National Rice Policy Committee on Thursday was unable to decide on the amount of losses plaguing the rice pledging scheme, Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom said.

The Supreme Court on Thursday overruled the convictions of Pol Gen Wassana Permlarp and two other former members of the Election Commission on charges of holding fraudulent elections in 2006 on the grounds the person who filed the charges was not directly damaged by the alleged malfeasance.

The opposition Democrat Party is demanding the government explain why it let the Bureau of International Expositions drop Thailand's bid to host the prestigious World Expo 2020.

Organisations and individuals that could affect the government's stability have been threatened or intimidated.

Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday said that figures released by concerned state agencies show that the government's rice-pledging scheme had suffered a loss of Bt260 billion.

Moody's Investors Service's credit-negative report on the rice pledging scheme is wrong, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Tuesday, and the government will issue a report explaining why.

Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday urged the government to consider why people felt they had to wear a Guy Fawkes mask in protesting against it.

The ongoing peace talks with southern rebels should be postponed until the government resolves the uncertainty surrounding the leadership of the National Security Council, Democrat Party deputy leader Thaworn Senneam said Saturday.

The Democrat Party yesterday kept up its attack on the 2014 Budget Bill, shifting its focus to the Education Ministry's controversial van purchase scheme.

The Democrat Party will request the Constitution Court order the cancellation of the amendment of Sections 68 and 237 of the constitution and order the dissolution of six political parties which support the related charter amendment bill, the party's legal team leader Wirat Kalayasiri said on Tuesday.

The Pheu Thai Party Saturday criticised the Democrat Party for trying to mislead the public into thinking the government intends to sponsor the unity bill proposed by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung.

Democrat Party MPs have threatened to withdraw from the House committee scrutinising the 2.2 trillion baht loans bill and seek a Constitution Court ruling on its legality if by June 3 the government does not provide details of the various projects to be carried out with the loans.

Abhisit's still here, and saying 'execute me if I'm guilty'. It's time the red-shirts demanded Thaksin return to fight for justice, says Voranai Vanijaka.

The massive blackout in the South on Tuesday night was not a deliberate act to justify building new coal-fired power plants in the South, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says.

The Democrat Party has called on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to clarify her stance on the reconciliation and amnesty bills.

Senior Democrat Party figures called on former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday to admit to his alleged wrongdoings and respect the courts - to uphold the rule of law in Thailand.