Thaksin an obstacle to reforms: Suthep
There will be no genuine political reform as long as Thaksin Shinawatra remains influential, Democrat Party secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban said yesterday.
EC urged to decide soon
The Election Commission may face a criminal suit for negligence of duty if it does not rule immediately on whether MP candidates who lost in the April 2 election should be allowed to run in other constituencies in the second round of voting, a senior Democrat said yesterday.
ELECTION CONTROVERSIES Chuan warns against shifting candidates
Allowing candidates who failed to get 20 per cent of the votes in the April 2 election to run in new constituencies in the second round of voting on April 23 will taint the House of Representatives, senior Democrat Chuan Leekpai warned yesterday.
'Bullied' Thai Rak Thai's membership on the rise
The number of people registering as members of the ruling Thai Rak Thai Party has increased since caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced earlier this month that he will step down as prime minister when a new government is elected, said the party's electoral campaign speaker, Aekaporn Rakkwamsuk.
