New group seeks social sanctions against TRT
A group of university lecturers, students, activists and businessmen yesterday formed a new alliance to level "social sanctions" on the Thai Rak Thai Party in a bid to oust the Thaksin regime.
Chat Thai confident of voter support in the South
The Chat Thai Party hopes to win more House seats in the three southern border provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat at the next election and will field candidates in all constituencies in those provinces, a senior party official said yesterday.
Democrats dog Somsak
Amid rumours about government interference in the ongoing selection of members of two major independent bodies, Thai Rak Thai deputy leader Somsak Thepsutin yesterday met with Senate Speaker Suchon Chaleekrua for lunch at a hotel in Bangkok.
Tycoon turned politician says Thailand needs a new tack
Tycoon Prachai Leophairatana, the founder of Thai Petrochemical Industry Plc (TPI), has turned to politics as secretary-general of the new Pracharaj Party. He talked to The Nation's Sucheera Pinijparakarn about his political views.
PM: Cattle, land grants 'not illegal'
Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra insisted yesterday that his plan to distribute cattle and land deeds among people in the North and Northeast this week would not violate the election law.
