Following the leaked call between Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodia’s Senate President Hun Sen, Thai opposition parties have called on the PM to take responsibility by either resigning or dissolving the House of Representatives.

Six MPs from the opposition Thai Sang Thai Party have been condemned for voting in favour of Paetongtarn Shinawatra as a new prime minister, an act considered contrary to the party’s stance and ideology.

In the afternoon parliamentary session of 13 July 2023 to select a new PM, the royal defamation law remained the hot topic.

The electricity company Gulf Energy Development has filed a defamation lawsuit against two members of the Thai Sang Thai party over a press conference about rising electricity costs.