The under-fire PM's Office minister, Thirapat Serirangsan, who is in charge of media relations, will also hold a press conference to clarify his role.

He has been in the spotlight since Pridiyathorn, while announcing his resignation, said some ministers were favouring a certain media group and could be in breach of the law.

Decision on iTV

PM's Office Minister Khunying Dhipavadee Meksawan said she put forward before the Cabinet to decide tomorrow whether to temporarily take iTV off the air if the station fails to pay more than Bt100 billion in outstanding concession fee and fines.

Dhipavadee, who has been appointed to chair the iTV executive board after its concession officially ends tomorrow, has raised the possibility of reforming the operations of all state-owned national television networks, namely Channel 11, Channel 9 and iTV.

Tomorrow is the deadline for iTV, formerly controlled by Shin Corp, to pay the fine or have its concession and frequency confiscated by the government.

The board of directors of Mass Communication Organisation of Thailand, which is expected to run iTV under a new name, is also scheduled to meet after a Cabinet resolution on the issue tomorrow.

Thaksin to testify

Tomorrow, the Constitution Tribunal is scheduled to announce the time and means by which deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will testify in the electoral fraud case against the Thai Rak Thai Party.

On the same day, Thai Rak Thai acting leader Chaturon Chaisang and former executives Pongthep Thepkanchana and Prommin Lertsuridej are scheduled to testify - the first time the party's witnesses will face cross-examination.

Charter summit

A six-day summit of the Constitution Drafting Committee will begin today at a hotel in Phetchaburi's Cha-am district to discuss ways to speed up the drafting of the charter.

While next month's deadline for the first draft is drawing near, the committee members, who have been working in three subcommittees, are struggling to agree on many issues.

Some members said that while the meeting might not give a final draft, it should make the proposed draft clearer and allow the committee more time to work together.