The survival of the Yingluck government hangs in the balance
Another setback for the Yingluck government. The Constitutional Court has rejected a bill for the second time.
The Last Battle against the Yingluck government will be fought on Monday. It is then 'win or lose', said action leader Suthep Thaugsuban last night. "If we fail to overthrow the government, I'll give up and report myself to the police."
News from Thailand – November 22, 2013
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Government party goes on the counterattack
The blades are sharpened. Government party Pheu Thai is going to file charges against five judges of the Constitutional Court for committing a crime of office and lèse majesté. The party does not accept that the Court rejected the proposal to change the composition of the Senate on Wednesday by a vote of 5 to 4. According to the Court, this proposal is both procedurally and substantively contrary to the constitution.
News from Thailand – November 21, 2013
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The Yingluck government and ruling party Pheu Thai received a sensitive blow from the Constitutional Court yesterday. The proposal to change the composition of the Senate is against the constitution. The bill turns the Senate into a family business that leads to a power monopoly that undermines democracy.
312 MPs reject Constitutional Court ruling in advance
The Rajamangala stadium is filled with red shirts, 312 MPs throw their butts against the crib. All eyes are on the Constitutional Court, which today will rule whether parliament has violated the constitution.
The ruling party does not care about the Constitutional Court ruling
Pheu Thai has no regard for the ruling that the Constitutional Court will make tomorrow about a constitutional amendment. According to the ruling party, the Court is not authorized to intervene. A red shirt group even threatens rallies at the judges' homes.
Red Shirt groups defy Constitutional Court
Three red shirt splinter groups warn the Constitutional Court not to dissolve ruling party Pheu Thai. When the Court does, they march "by the thousands" to the courthouse to demonstrate.
News from Thailand – October 2, 2013
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Tension continues to rise at the Constitutional Court
Tensions escalated around the Constitutional Court yesterday. Yingluck gave an unusually fiery speech, there was a counter-demonstration and there were skirmishes.
Bangkok Post: Opposition is petty and petulant
On the second day of the parliamentary debate on the proposal to amend four articles of the constitution, the opposition benches remained empty. Small-minded and petulant, writes Bangkok Post.
Why the bickering about a new constitution?
Loyal readers of Thailand blog must gradually begin to wonder: why do they complain about the constitution in Thailand? There is a simple and complicated answer to that question.
Columnist Veera Prateepchaikul, who came up with a nice compromise in Bangkok Post, has been served at his beck and call (See July 9: Constitutional Court gets nice compromise from columnist).
News from Thailand – July 13, 2012
Red Shirt leader and Pheu Thai MP Korkaew Pikulthong's bellicose language has drawn heavy criticism. Korkaew yesterday called on the red shirts to arrest the judges of the Constitutional Court as a last resort if they made a decision unfavorable to Pheu Thai today.
News from Thailand – July 11, 2012
The Constitutional Court risks a civil war with the constitution case, says Likhit Dhiravegin, a fellow at the Royal Institute.
The Constitutional Court is presented with its ruling in the constitutional case on a tray. Veera Prateepchaikul has already answered the four questions before the Court in Bangkok Post.