Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday welcomed a move by the opposition Pheu Thai Party to seek reconciliation but he asked it to prove its good intentions by working with the government in preventing violence.
Thaksin Shinawatra is upbeat that he can play a vital role in putting politics back on course, shrugging off legal woes and pinning hope on the shifting political wind to escape from his predicament as a fugitive ex-prime minister.
The red shirts will organise a motorcade rally from Bangkok to Chiang Mai along with other activities to mark the fourth anniversary of the September 19 military coup that ousted Thaksin Shinawatra.
The rise of two military preparatory-school classmates to the highest positions in the Army and the police force seems to give Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva a comfortable feel politically.
The opposition Pheu Thai Party and its patriarch Thaksin Shinawatra have separately offered an olive branch to the government, calling for peace and reconciliation.
By a Royal command issued yesterday, the new military line-up - comprising 550 generals rallying behind incoming Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha - will assume office on October 1.
People's Alliance for Democracy leader Sondhi Limthongkul has been found guilty of defaming former premier Thaksin Shinawatra and received a suspended two years jail term for a first offence.
In Thailand nowadays, "good news" in politics is greeted with a dismissive shrug at worst and extremely cautious optimism at best. How should we rate the unexpected peace overtures by the Pheu Thai Party to the Democrats then? Maybe it's still too early to tell, but we can in the meantime look at the circumstances surrounding this interesting development.
By the Royal command released Thursday, the new military line-up, comprising 550 generals rallying behind incoming Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha, will assume office on October 1.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Thursday that he has quit his advisory posts for the Cambodian government and Cambodian prime minister out of annoyance.
Korbsak Sabhavasu, the secretary-general to the prime minister, tweeted a simple message on September 1: "Morning people Train project haunted me so early this morning I was hit by a high-speed train in the early morning on Channel 9 krub".
Lawmakers yesterday failed to come to a conclusion on the draft organic law for the state audit agency even after a consultation between House Speaker Chai Chidchob and Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday the recent thaw with Thailand following resumption of diplomatic relations would not help solve the border conflict as long as Thai troops were stationed in the area near the Preah Vihear temple, claimed by both countries.
The government will further violate the right to press freedom if it exercises its power under the emergency decree to shut down Red Power magazine, warned media reformer Supinya Klangnarong.
It was not the first time that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has had to defend the behaviour of his "close-aides". The latest involves his "Wallpaper" Songkhla MP Sirichok Sopha and his visit to alleged Russian weapons trader Viktor Bout in prison.
Lawmakers Wednesday failed to come to a conclusion on the draft organic law for the state audit agency even after a consultation between House Speaker Chai Chidchob and Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
Talk of offers of "provincial development funds" for opposition MPs in exchange for their allegiance has been around since the Bhum Jai Thai Party was established, shortly before the coalition government came into existence in late 2008.
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