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According to government official Chai Watcharong, the government on Monday acknowledged the Energy Ministry’s plan to reduce energy bills by an additional 11 tang per unit.

During the conference, Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, the deputy prime minister and power chancellor, informed the case of his intention to reduce the energy tariff from 4.10 ringgit per unit to 3.99.

According to Mr. Chai, the government agreed to lower the energy price from 4.45 ringgit per unit to 4.10 at the meeting on September 13 starting with this month’s billing.

Therefore, according to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, Mr. Pirapan was given the task of coming up with plans to lower energy costs and energy bills as soon as possible.

The decline was not the commission’s resolution, according to Mr. Chai, and there were no specifics about the plan.

The Energy Regulatory Commission and Mr. Pirapan spoke about the problem, and the official informed the case that starting with this season’s billing, the price of electricity may be reduced to 3.99 ringgit per unit.

However, Mr. Srettha stated on Monday that the cabinet do discuss measures to help motorists who are having trouble making car installment payments in its upcoming meeting in order to further ease people’s situation.

He stated that the government may find more ways to reduce the cost of living at the” Future Perfect” event held as a part of the Thairath Forum 2023.

Mr. Srettha claimed that he had given the appropriate agencies instructions to consider maybe lowering gasoline prices, especially for low-income earners.

According to him, the price of energy has been reduced to 4.19 baht per unit, which is less than the industry-required 4.25, and he hoped that the government could additionally reduce it to below that amount.

He reiterated that the government’s 10,000-baht digital wallet plan would go into effect in the first quarter of the following year.

In ten days, he claimed, the sources of funding for the system may be made obvious.

The Pheu Thai Party’s primary election promise, the electric pocket system, is thought to require a budget of 560 billion baht to fund.

According to Deputy Interior Minister Chada Thaiset, a global testing of local officials associated with powerful mafia-like groups is then 20 to 30 % complete, and the database is anticipated to be divided into colored areas.

The incident was connected to the killing of a bridge police officer on September 6 in Nakhon Pathom province at the residence of Praween Chanklai, also known as Kamnan Nok.

The committee, led by Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, is compiling a list of alleged important mafia-like politicians to examine the influence they wield over their region, according to Mr Chada, who was chosen by the deputy prime minister and inside minister to lead the screen.

Due to legal requirements, specifically the Personal Data Protection Act, the record was then considered personal.

The names will influence the choice to map regional social influences by color, such as red and yellow, and they will treat all relevant organizations fairly.

The collection is now targeted at kamnans and village heads before expanding its working spheres, according to Mr. Chada, and the list is currently 20 – 30 % complete.

A new cast of Interior Ministry plans, which were discussed on Monday and Monday at the Rama Gardens Hotel, included the mafia-like native find examination.

Deputy officials Mr. Chada, Kriang Kantinan, and Songsak Thongsri, the permanent repository Suttiphong Julcharoen, as well as individuals from relevant industries, participated in the conversation, which was led by Mr Anutin.

According to Mr. Anutin, the ministry will employ social machinery to manage society as well as to eradicate people vices.

Regarding other highlighted policies, Mr. Anutin clarified that any action that prioritized the preservation of those institutions was referred to as” institutes’ protection.”

Additionally, he stated that the government will work with regional governments, Metropolitan and Provincial Waterworks Authorities, and related industries to standardize local tap water and render it suitable for human consumption.

To give him more time to work for the country, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced that he will spend three to four times a year at Government House.

Mr. Srettha confirmed he will devote some work night at Government House while using Ban Phitsanulok, the prime minister’s established residence, as an office while speaking at the Thairath Forum on Monday.

Just a small number of excellent ministers have opted to remain in Ban Phitsanulok, with the majority preferring to do so privately.

Prayut Cha-o-cha, his father, made the decision to live in a home at the camp of the 1st Infantry Regiment on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road.

According to Mr. Srettha, his home is situated on 197 flat woo of land, making it impossible to implement a successful security plan.

He claimed that residing there may even annoy the neighbors.

The prime minister added,” Furthermore, it takes a while to get to job.”

” I don’t want to cause the police and security personnel any trouble.”

He declared that he would convert a Ban Phitsanulok place into an office. He envisions the standard home as a brain center where his advisors can collaborate and conduct business in the least amount of hassle.

Mr. Srettha said,” If I have a working dinner appointment in the evening, I can return [ to Government House ] afterward and give out some last-minute assignments there before I retire for the night.”

” I’ll give it everything I’ve got.” He said,” We really need to calm down.

Mr. Srettha stated that he sat in the prime minister’s standard office at Government House for approximately 10 seconds before moving around to listen to the issues that different units were having.

He claimed that being completely cut off from others and working in a closed-off culture does not promote coordination and workplace relationships, so renovating the offices at Government House may be necessary to foster an diverse culture.

He declared,” I want the government to get reachable.”

Democratic activists urged the Royal Thai Police( RTP) to release the health status of ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who has been incarcerated and receiving care at the Police General Hospital for nearly a fortnight, yesterday.

After experiencing a number of symptoms while in confinement at the prison, such as neck pain, hypertension, and lower blood oxygen, Thaksin was transferred to the Police General Hospital the evening of his returning on August 22. The campaigners, led by Pichit Chaimongkol, petitioned Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas, the head of the national authorities, asking for an upgrade on Thaksin’s wellbeing and a list of doctors who were treating him.

According to Mr. Pichit, the public is curious as to whether Thaksin is actually poor, requires specialized medical care, and is not receiving preferential care.

When Thaksin arrived at the airport in Don Mueang on August 22, the militant observed that he appeared physically healthy. They questioned whether Thaksin was actually ill and needed care outside the hospital when his condition rapidly deteriorated, as reported.

To find out more about Thaksin’s circumstances, the party may request a meeting with the director-general of the Corrections Department on Friday, he said.

Thaksin is receiving treatment in the Maha Bhumibol Rachanusorn 88 Phansa Building’s Royal Suite 1401.

The judge sentenced him to eight years in prison for three corruption cases upon his return before granting him a royal reprimand, which reduced his sentence to just one season.

According to a source, Winyat Chartmontre, Thaksin’s attorney, wants to shorten the sentence or secure an earlier release.

Plan” approved” by House attorneys

A group of MPs and House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha have defended Padipat Santipada’s international trip schedule as being legal.

Mr. Wan, who is also the president of the parliament, stated that he gave his approval for the trip to Singapore, which will be led by Mr Padipat starting on September 21 – 24.

Mr. Wan added that the funds for the trip is also being distributed in accordance with appropriate restrictions after consulting with senate’s legal experts.

He stated that the journey is expected to help the work of House committees dealing with these issues. The goal of the trip is to see Singapore’s contemporary political system and understand how the city-state combats haze pollution.

Because the Members are not traveling to Singapore at the proposal of an organization or company that would cover traveling expenses, Parliament is allocating funds to cover all travel costs.

Mr. Wan noted that the MPs must submit a report upon their return and that there is an easy-accessible resources for the trip.

Pongpol Yodmuangcharoen, a lieutenant official for the United Thai Nation Party, voiced his disapproval of the tour’s price.

Mr. Pongpol claimed on Facebook that the MPs had reservations for flights and lodging totaling 1.3 million baht, calling it” much very expensive.”

He explained that, for example, they intend to stay at a hotel that costs 12,500 baht per person per night, with round-trip airfares that are assumed to be in business school and are priced at 51,250 bacht each person.

We can’t afford to ignore this trip’s high cost, Mr. Pongpol said.

Mr. Padipat explained that he had spoken with lawmakers about switching his group’s two-hour aircraft to Singapore to low-cost companies. He claimed to have received a response, however, stating that MPs on official journeys must board the national carrier.

Regarding the hotel, Mr. Padipat claimed he made it clear to the vacation organizer that his group wanted each room to charge between 7,000 and 8,000 baht per night.

However, he added that” conditions exist where we don’t always get to decide on specific things.”

Court rejects the settlement purchase

The State Railway of Thailand( SRT ) and the Ministry of Transport were ordered to pay multi-billion baht compensation in the Hopewell saga, but the Central Administrative Court overruled that order yesterday.

As a result, Hopewell( Thailand) won’t be required to give the government or the SRT the sizable compensation.

Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, the deputy prime minister and power minister, posted yesterday on Facebook,” Congratulation to all Thais.” The Hopewell situation has been won by us. A working section dealing with issues related to the abandoned bridge project was previously led by Mr. Pirapan.

Hopewell can also challenge the ruling of the court, though.

Following a 2021 decision by the Central Administrative Court against them in the Hopewell story, the Transport Ministry and the SRT’s ask for lawsuit were granted on March 4 of last year.

The Central Administrative Court was the new target of the settlement dispute as a result.

Ruling a earn for” all Thais” in Pirapan

The government and the SRT, according to Mr. Pirapan, claimed that the statute of limitations had now passed and ought to have had an impact on the Supreme Administrative Court judges’ decision at the time.

The Supreme Administrative Court ordered the ministry and SRT to pay 11.8 billion baht plus an accrued interest rate of 7.5 % to the company in the original 2019 ruling for the termination of a contract in 1998 to build obstructing Bangkok’s 60-kilometer elevated highway and rail system.

The amount of settlement was determined by a 2008 decision of an arbitration tribunal. According to solutions, the sum has since increased to about 27 billion ringgit with interest.

A Constitutional Court decision from March 17, 2021, which clarified a solution adopted by Supreme Administrative Court courts on November 27, 2002, served as the foundation for the government and the SRT’s request asking for retrial of the 2019 decision.

The complaint questioned whether the Supreme Administrative Court’s decision in the case regarding the statute of limitations violated the constitution and was in violation of the 1999 Establishment and Proceedings of Administrative Cases Act.

The Hopewell case’s statute of limitations may be counted starting on March 9, 2001, the day the Supreme Administrative Court was established, according to a ruling by the judges.

As a result, it determined that the business had legally requested the arbitration court’s decision. The statute of limitations began on the first known day of the dispute, according to the plaintiffs, who claimed that the 1999 laws made this clear.

However, the majority of Constitutional Court justices decided that the decision was unconstitutional because the Supreme Administrative Court had not published it in the Royal Gazette or sent it to parliament for review.

The judges ruled that these errors made the quality” unworkable.”

The five-year statute of limitations, according to Mr. Pirapan, was actually counted starting on January 30, 1998, when Hopewell was made aware of the damage.

As argued by Hopewell and supported by the Supreme Administrative Court in its April 22, 2019, decision on the situation, it expired on January 30, 2003, and did not begin on March 9, 2001, the day the managerial court was established.

The Central Administrative Court ruled yesterday that the ministry and the SRT may use the Constitutional Court’s decision as justification for seeking a retrial despite the fact that it cannot provide the decision of the Supreme Administrative Council illegal.

On November 9, 1990, when the overdue Montri Pongpanit served as transport secretary under the Chatichai Choonhavan administration, the commitment to construct the Hopewell task was signed.