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Disbandment complaint filed against Palang Pracharath over donation

Activist Srisuwan Janya has asked the Election Commission if the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) should be disbanded for accepting a 3-million-baht donation from a Chinese businessman believed to have received Thai citizenship shortly afterwards.

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Central African Republic's top court head refuses to retire

The head of Central African Republic's top court, which has stymied a push to enable President Faustin-Archange Touadera to keep running for office, has defied a government order to retire.

Reuters

Turkish Opposition Applies to Annul Disinformation Law

Turkey's main opposition party has applied to the top court to annul an article added to the penal code that sets jailtime for spreading "disinformation" as part of a new media law, a party official said on Tuesday. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), had earlier promised…

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Turkey's main opposition party says to ask top court to halt media law

Turkey's main opposition CHP party is applying to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday to suspend implementation of a key article of a media law approved in parliament last week, CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu said.

Reuters

Turkish Opposition Calls New Media Law ‘Censorship’, Will Appeal to Top Court

Türkiye’s main opposition group said on Friday it would ask the top court to throw out new media legislation that would jail people for spreading "misinformation", calling the measures unprecedented censorship. Parliament adopted the law late on Thursday after it was proposed by President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party (AKP),…

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Turkish opposition calls new media law 'censorship', will appeal to top court

Turkey's main opposition group said on Friday it would ask the top court to throw out new media legislation that would jail people for spreading "misinformation", calling the measures unprecedented censorship.

Reuters

Prayut set for rough ride

Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha may have cleared the tenure obstacle after winning the Constitutional Court's judgement to stay on as prime minister. However, the road ahead may be long and challenging.

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PPRP has tough election road ahead

The Constitutional Court ruling that allowed Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to continue to serve the country as PM was hardly a surprise.

Bangkok Post

PM gets back to mopping up

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha plans to visit people and provinces affected by severe flooding following the Constitutional Court ruling in his favour that could see his tenure as premier last until 2025.

Bangkok Post

Prayut cautious on political future

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday kept silent on his political future as he returned to work after the Constitutional Court ruled in his favour, extending his legal tenure until 2025.

Bangkok Post

Silently complicit in a far-fetched ruling

The Constitutional Court's ruling that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's eight-year term in office did not expire on Aug 24 and that he can stay on is far-fetched.

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Prayut remains PM

The Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's tenure has not reached its eight-year limit and will end in 2025.

Bangkok Post

Prayut remains PM, court rules tenure ends in 2025

The Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's tenure has not reached its eight-year limit under the current constitution and that his term started on April 6, 2017, when the present charter took effect.

Bangkok Post

Major protest groups to rally on Bangkok streets

Two major protest planned rallies on Bangkok streets on Friday afternoon for the Constitutional Court's ruling on suspended prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha term in office.

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Prayut at Defence Ministry, will return home to hear court's ruling

Suspended prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha went to work at the Defence Ministry on Friday morning and was expected to go home in the afternoon to hear the Constitutional Court’s ruling on his eight-year tenure.

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Thai Prime Minister Prayuth can continue in office, court rules

Constitutional Court ruled that PM Prayuth Chan-ocha had not exhausted a term limit of eight years in office.

Bangkok Post

Charter court set to rule on PM's tenure

All eyes will be on the Constitutional Court as it prepares to rule on the starting date of Prayut Chan-o-cha's tenure as prime minister on Friday, with academics saying a change will likely take place in Thailand's political landscape regardless of the decision.

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Tight security at Constitutional Court for Prayut ruling

Security has been tightened at the Constitutional Court where nine judges on Friday will announce their ruling on the fate of suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

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Tenure verdict 'too late' for PM

Bangkok loves intrigue, and rumours are swirling ahead of a Constitutional Court decision tomorrow on the fate of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha -- who may or may not have exceeded his eight-year limit at the helm, depending on when judges decide the counting should start.

Bangkok Post

Chaiwut oversteps

Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn is in hot water for his unbecoming remarks against anti-government protesters who plan to rally tomorrow, the day the Constitutional Court hands down a ruling on the fate of suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha after a petition by the opposition bloc.

Bangkok Post

Protests planned when court rules on PM's tenure

Several groups plan to demonstrate next Friday when the Constitutional Court is due to announce its ruling on the tenure of suspended prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, according to the head of the National Security Council.

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Wissanu tight-lipped on future of House

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam downplayed speculation on Thursday that suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha may dissolve parliament after the Apec summit in November.

Bangkok Post

Pheu Thai eyes Chaikasem for PM

The main opposition Pheu Thai Party will nominate Chaikasem Nitisiri for prime minister should the Constitutional Court rule at the end of the month that Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha's time as premier has already ended.

Bangkok Post

Pheu Thai to propose Chaikasem for PM if court vetoes Prayut

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Kuwaiti Court Annuls Decision to Disqualify Electoral Candidates

The Kuwaiti court of appeals annulled the disqualification of three parliamentary elections candidates and suspended decisions on five others until the constitutional court reaches a ruling on the “offender” law, thus allowing all the candidates to run in the elections that will be held on Sept. 29. The court, headed…

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