Thai Local Power Party

Thai Local Power Party
พรรคพลังท้องถิ่นไท
LeaderSomyot Luksomboon
Secretary-GeneralJiraphan Pimsawang
Founded30 March 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-30)
IdeologyLocalism[1]
Colours  green
House of Representatives
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The Thai Local Power Party (TLP; Thai: พรรคพลังท้องถิ่นไท, RTGS: Phak Phalang Thongthin Thai) is a Thai political party that was founded on 30 March 2012 under the name Thong Thin Thai (TTT; Thai: พรรคท้องถิ่นไทย),[2] with Chatchawal Kong-udom, or Chat Taopoon, former Bangkok Senator and former executive editor of Siam Rath newspaper, as the founder and Seksorn Homrak as the first leader of the party. Later, in an extraordinary general meeting of the party on 24 March 2014, the party changed the party regulations, including changing the party's name to "Thai Local Power".[3]

On Friday 2 November 2018, the party held an extraordinary meeting of the party at Pathumthani Place Hotel to select a new party executive committee, where Chatchawal was elected to the position of party leader, Chuenchob Kong-udom, Chatchawan's son, was elected party spokesman, and Rattaphoom "Film" Thokhongsub, a famous singer-actor, was elected deputy party spokesman. The committee also elected Kriangkrai Phoom-laochaeng as deputy leader of the party and Thirasak Panichwit as party secretary.[4]

In the 2019 general election, the Thai Local Power Party won 3 members of the House of Representatives and joined the government coalition led by Phalang Pracharath. Subsequently, on 12 July 2019, Rattaphoom resigned from the position of deputy party spokesperson and left the Thai Local Power Party due to disagreements with its ideology. He later joined Pheu Thai, an opposition party.[5]

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  2. ^ "ประกาศนายทะเบียนพรรคการเมือง เรื่อง รับจดแจ้งการจัดตั้งพรรคท้องถิ่นไทย" (PDF). Royal Thai Government Gazette (in Thai). 129: 143–168. 24 May 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "ประกาศนายทะเบียนพรรคการเมือง เรื่อง ตอบรับการเปลี่ยนแปลงข้อบังคับพรรคและกรรมการบริหารพรรคพลังท้องถิ่นไท" (PDF). Royal Thai Government Gazette. 131: 71–73. 31 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2019.
  4. ^ ตามคาด 'ชัช เตาปูน' นั่งหัวหน้าพรรคพลังท้องถิ่นไท"ตามคาด 'ชัช เตาปูน' นั่งหัวหน้าพรรคพลังท้องถิ่นไท". Thai Post. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  5. ^ Charuvastra, Teeranai (19 August 2019). "Film Star Dumps Pro-Junta Party, Joins Pheu Thai". Khaosod English. Retrieved 22 August 2019.