BURNING ISSUE A CHARTER IN NEED OF CHANGE
The Constitution has not given the people the protection they felt they would get
Constitution Court may be called for ruling on House
The Constitution Court may have to intervene and rule on whether the new House of Representatives can convene if the by-elections fail to fill all 500 seats within the required 30 days, caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said yesterday.
Banharn on defensive
Chat Thai Party leader Banharn Silapa-archa yesterday insisted he had not broken ranks with his opposition allies, even though he had given many pointers to Thai Rak Thai Party leader Thaksin Shinawatra over their shark's-fin soup dinner last week.
Letters, e-mails used to boost 'worthy' candidates
Anxious about not getting enough independent candidates into the upper house to scrutinise the Thaksin regime, letters, e-mails and SMS messages are being used to persuade people to vote for certain candidates tomorrow.
Shinawtra software deal in the spotlight
The auditor-general has been asked to investigate alleged irregularities surrounding the Provincial Electricity Authority's (PEA) Bt3-billion software lease deal signed more than two years ago with a company linked to the Shinawatra family.
