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FILE PHOTO: Thailand s Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan gestures while wearing a face mask as anti-government protesters and students attend a demonstration demanding the government to resign, in front of the Ministry of Education in Bangkok, Thailand September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court granted bail on Friday to three ministers stripped this week of cabinet posts after convictions for insurrection over anti-government protests that culminated in a 2014 military coup, their lawyer said.
The three, and five prominent political figures, were among 26 leaders of a group, the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), who were convicted and jailed on Wednesday by Thailand’s Criminal Court.
MPs deny pushing for reshuffle sway
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Old guard play it cool over no new faces pledge
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Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon on Saturday insisted the prime minister has confirmed to him that no outsiders will be brought in at the next cabinet reshuffle.
The deputy premier dismissed claims that Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MPs had signed a petition urging Gen Prawit to leverage his favourable ties with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ahead of the expected rejig.
Gen Prayut has insisted he will wait for the PPRP and the coalition to agree on nominations for the vacant positions before he decides, the deputy premier said yesterday.
PDRC jailings reveal Ratsadorn s fate
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published : 27 Feb 2021 at 04:00
66 Protesters display a banner outside the Criminal Court in Bangkok on Wednesday, during a demonstration calling for the release of pro-democracy activists held under lese majeste royal defamation laws. (Photo: AFP)
On the one hand, the Criminal Court s verdict on Wednesday, which threw core figures of the now-defunct People s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) in jail for their role in the 2013-2014 protests, means a cabinet reshuffle is on the way. Particularly for the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), the ruling is a political windfall for the faction led by Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon who can now tighten his grip on the ruling party.
THREE Cabinet ministers were forced to leave their posts after a court found them guilty of sedition for taking part in sometimes violent protests in 2013-2014 against the government then in power.
The Criminal Court in Bangkok on Wednesday found Digital Economy Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta, Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan and Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Senneam guilty along with two dozen other defendants in a case launched in 2018.
Nataphol was among 10 Cabinet members who survived a no-confidence vote on Saturday over their performance in the current government.
The verdicts can be appealed to a higher court but under the law, the Cabinet ministers must relinquish their jobs immediately.