NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Tuesday 18 July 2023

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Eight coalition parties agreed last night to renominate Pita Lim-jaroen-rat as prime minister in the next vote of the elected House and military-appointed Senate, due tomorrow. 

Mr Pita said "If votes do not go in our favour significantly, the Move Forward Party’ will retreat, giving an opportunity to the Pheu Thai party," 

He insisted that Move Forward would continue to push for the amendment of the lese majeste law as it was a principal promise in its election campaign.

 

The Constitution Court is due to meet tomorrow to consider the parliamentary status of Mr Pita, regarding his iTV shareholding controversy.

 

Thailand and China are holding  joint military exercises involving their air forces, armies and navies, the drills began on 9th July and will run until September, the idea is to strengthen cooperation between the Thai and Chinese air forces to uphold regional peace and stability. 

Police will  review a complaint regarding the bidding for rights to operate its 191 emergency hotline. 

A group called “United Hearts for the Nation’ alleged the process had been rigged to favour one particular firm, which has now been cancelled twice on suspicion of corruption.

The hotline service is worth some 7 billion baht funded by the communications regulator the NBTC.

 

Air passengers were warned against bringing a Chinese-branded sausage known as ‘Lion’ into the country due to a risk of spreading African Swine Fever.

The alert over the safety of the meat, came after a sniffer dog found 100 illegal sausages in the luggage hold of a Hainan Airlines flight last Thursday. Importers could face jail fines of up to 200,000 baht.

 

Around the Region:

North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said yesterday that the United States should avoid any "foolish act" that could put its security at risk and rejected offers of talks as a ploy,
She criticised US plans for a nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine to visit South Korea and said this would only push Pyongyang further from the negotiating table.

The weather:  rain coming in from Myanmar also from the north east

Chiang Mai and the north:   Cloudy, with rain 36C                    
Bangkok: Cloudy, with thundershowers 31C
Pattaya, Cloudy with thundershowers 31C
Phuket and the south: Cloudy with Isolated thundershowers 30C                                                                                               
‘Hua Hin’ :Bright but cloudy, 31C.

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[flyingtlger]

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

He insisted that Move Forward would continue to push for the amendment of the lese majeste law as it was a principal promise in its election campaign.

This may be his biggest problem.....