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  • PT turns up heat on Abhisit

    18 May 2013 : The Pheu Thai Party has repeated its call for Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva to take responsibility for the violent end to the red-shirt protests in 2010.

  • Prayuth's job safe, PT insists

    18 May 2013 : The Pheu Thai Party has rebutted reports that army commander Prayuth Chan-ocha could be transferred during the coming military reshuffle season.

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  • Poll: People back Dems' reform plan

    18 May 2013 : Most people support a plan to reform the Democrat Party, according to survey results released on Saturday by Suan Dusit Poll.

  • ABOUT Politics

    Avoiding a clash of personalities

    18 May 2013 : Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan has been in politics long enough to know a political quagmire when she sees one.

  • Activists uneasy over GPO chief's sacking

    17 May 2013 : The dismissal of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) chief would disrupt Thailand's drug distribution system, health advocates warn.

  • Pakdeehan: No House dissolution

    17 May 2013 : The government has no plan to dissolve the House of Representatives and call an election at the end of the year as predicted by Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, deputy government spokesman Pakdeehan Himathongkam said on Friday.

  • Alongkorn plays down Democrat divide

    17 May 2013 : The Democrat Party has spent years in opposition and has recently come up with plans for reform, with the aim of becoming more electable. But the party's deputy leader, Alongkorn Ponlaboot, has come under criticism for causing divisions within the party after proposing a series of reforms. He explained the issues in an interview with the radio news talk show INSIDE THAILAND yesterday.

  • Court takes on Abhisit MP status case

    17 May 2013 : The Constitution Court yesterday accepted a petition by a group of 134 Pheu Thai MPs seeking its ruling on the parliamentary status of Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva.

  • POLITICS

    Govt critics launch online dissent campaign

    17 May 2013 : A prominent retired police general and an outspoken ex-senator launched a web page yesterday to mobilise an online campaign against the Yingluck Shinawatra government.

  • Dem brass seek to quell rift talk

    17 May 2013 : Democrat heavyweights moved Thursday to quell rumours about an internal rift involving party reforms in anticipation of a snap election.

  • Court accepts petition against Abhisit

    16 May 2013 : The Constitution Court on Thursday accepted by a vote of 7-2 to consider a petition for it to rule on whether Abhisit Vejjajiva has lost his status as a Democrat Party list MP after being dismissed from military service.

  • Democrat reforms ready for snap election

    16 May 2013 : A major reform of the Democrat Party, to revamp its internal structure, attract new supporters and position the party as a viable alternative to the current government will be ready in three months, ahead of an expected snap election, party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Thursday.

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