{"id":777025269,"date":"2025-04-14T09:58:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T12:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777025269"},"modified":"2026-04-21T23:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:53:30","slug":"former-thai-pm-confident-casino-bill-will-move-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/former-thai-pm-confident-casino-bill-will-move-forward","title":{"rendered":"Former Thai PM confident casino bill will move forward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thaksin Shinawatra expects the bill to pass its first reading in the next parliamentary session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Thailand.- Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra<\/strong> has said he is confident\u00a0that the\u00a0bill to legalise casino resorts<\/a> in Thailand will “easily” pass its first reading in the House of Representatives. The bill was expected to be debated in Parliament on April 9 but the debate was postponed due to the issues of US tariffs and last month\u2019s earthquake. It will be reintroduced in the next parliamentary session in two months’ time.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Shinawatra said there had been differing views but insisted these were not severe enough to threaten the bill’s progress. defended the bill. Reiterating the opinion of his daughter, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra<\/a>, he said certain groups were spreading misinformation about the proposed legislation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bhumjaithai Party secretary-general\u00a0Chaichanok Chidchob\u00a0<\/strong>had told a parliamentary debate that he would reject the bill, but Bhumjaithai leader\u00a0Anutin Charnvirakul<\/strong>\u00a0said Chaichanok was making personal comments and had not received prior authorisation to speak on behalf of the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group of anti-casino advocates rallied outside Parliament last Wednesday (April 9) to urge the government to withdraw the bill. Archbishop Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana has also submitted a petition against the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n

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See also:<\/span> Thailand cabinet approves online gambling proposal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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