We'll push on with reform: Suranand
The Thai Rak Thai Party will push for political reforms to forge national reconciliation in the wake of Sunday's election, party executive Suranand Vejjajiva said yesterday.
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Phang Nga motorists targeted
People with Phang Nga licence plates have been refused service at petrol stations in the neighbouring southern provinces of Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat as an act of retribution for allowing the South's only Thai Rak Thai MP to win back his seat.
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PAD moves to have poll results frozen
The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) yesterday submitted an urgent petition asking for a court order to suspend the release of voting results pending litigation against the Election Commission (EC).
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A lesson in the art of civil disobedience
It was a calculated plan of action carried out in the glare of the TV cameras. When Assoc Professor Chaiyan Chaiyaporn of Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Political Science shred his two ballot sheets, one light green and the other red, on Sunday, he made political history.
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Thaksin hails his 'workable majority'
Voters handed caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra a humiliating blow at the polls on Sunday, with his Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT) winning just 57 per cent of the 28 million votes cast.
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PM should go: Abac pollster
Abac pollster Noppadon Kannika yesterday suggested caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra take a break from his political career, citing the number of abstention ballots as proof of voter hostility.
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No letup on Thaksin, says PAD
The People's Alliance for Democ-racy (PAD) will continue to push for the ouster of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the aftermath of Sunday's election, PAD spokesman Suriyasai Katasila said yesterday.
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Writing on wall for PM: Abhisit
Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday urged Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to consider his role and take action before the political crisis gets worse.
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Calls increase for Thaksin to step aside
Just one day after the election, calls for caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to take into consideration the "no vote" phenomenon and refrain from taking another shot at the
premiership were growing yesterday.
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Election-watch group complains to UN
The Asian Network for Free Elections (Anfrel) yesterday submitted a complaint to the United Nations over the Election Commission (EC)'s controversial positioning of polling booths in Sunday's general election.
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Chachoengsao deals ballot-booth shock to Chaisang family
The election results will have given the Chaisang family, who have long enjoyed political predominance in Chachoengsao, a shocking wake-up call.
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