With two days to go before the general election and constitutional reform referendum this Sunday (8 February), major political parties are holding their final major campaign events in Bangkok on Friday evening (6 February)

Former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has strongly dismissed allegations that he was involved in the crackdown on the Red Shirt protests in 2010 during his lecture at Chulalongkorn University, following a protest by a group of students.

Nearly three weeks after Paetongtarn Shinawatra was named Prime Minister, the new cabinet lineup, from seven parties and one political faction, has been finalised amid criticism of nepotism. More than half are holdovers from the previous administration.

The Democrat Party has resolved to join the Pheu Thai-led government, ending a decades-long rivalry.

After its executive board decided to remove the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) from the government coalition, the Pheu Thai Party yesterday (28 August) invited the Democrat Party to join.

Prinn Panitchapakdi, former deputy leader of the Democrat Party, faces an additional two years imprisonment following a sexual assault conviction.

The highlights of a morning session of the parliamentary session, which was held to select a new Prime Minister with Pita Limjaroenrat as the only candidate nominated for the position. However, the outgoing government coalition parties continue to strongly oppose Pita.

The outgoing government coalition parties have reiterated their stance that their MPs will not vote in favour of Pita Limjaroenrat from the Move Forward Party due to their opposition to the MFP policy to amend the royal defamation law or Section 112 of the Criminal Code.

The Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) has released the final vote count of the 2023 general election, but said that it still has to ensure that no fraud has occurred before it can announce the certified result.

<p>7 activists from the activist group Thalufah were denied bail on Tuesday (19 July), after the public prosecutor decided to indict them on charges relating to a protest at the Democrat Party headquarters on 30 July 2021.</p>

<p>The timing is not good for the age-old party as their candidate campaigns to be governor of Bangkok.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Gender equality activists staged a demonstration in front of the Democrat Party headquarters on Monday (18 April) to demand accountability from the party after its former deputy leader Prinn Panitchpakdi was accused of having sexually assaulted at least 15 women.</p>