Protest over new officials
The caretaker Cabinet yesterday approved the appointments of 13 senior Interior Ministry officials despite doubts about its authority to do so without first being approved by the Election Commission (EC).
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Police probe blast at Press Association
A marble sign outside the offices of the Press Association of Thailand was partly destroyed yesterday when a large, home-made firecracker exploded on Ratchasima Road in Bangkok's Dusit district.
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Court nixes protest ban
The Constitution Court yesterday rejected as unconstitutional clauses in a government-sponsored amendment to the Highway Act that would ban protests on public roads.
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Ballot spoilers
The Songkhla and Trang courts yesterday rejected cases against voters who tore up their ballot papers in the controversial April 2 election, on the grounds that the poll has already been invalidated.
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Suchon puts court in hot seat over EC
Despite the three top courts' call for the three remaining Election Commission members to step down, caretaker Senate Speaker Suchon Chaleekrua yesterday moved to have the Supreme Court select candidates to fill the two vacant EC seats.
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Academic echoes call
The three remaining Election Commission members who have defied all calls to resign had lost their legitimacy to manage a new election because of a number of transgressions, a caretaker senator claimed at a Chulalongkorn University seminar yesterday.
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