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Court will have to rule on Abhisit, Suthep's intentions
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 22/12/2012
» Last week the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) levelled a charge of "foreseen intention to cause death to others" against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban during the crackdown on the red shirts in 2010.
Thais led astray by 'dictatorship of majority'
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 15/12/2012
» 'I cannot see the future for the country unless it can develop much further than at present. Thai people mostly don't understand their own duties, don't respect other people's opinions. Democracy must be engaged with rational discussion, not the dictatorship of the majority," Constitution Court president Wasan Soipisudh said in an interview with Post Today.
After 80 years, it's time to rethink the past, present and future
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 30/06/2012
» On June 24, 1932, a group of junior military officers and civil servants calling themselves Khanarassadorn (citizen's group) staged a coup to seize power from the absolute monarch and turn the country into a democracy with a constitutional monarch as head of state, noted Post Today.
Government cannot afford to be bull-headed
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 07/07/2012
» In a recent Suan Dusit Poll, respondents predicted that the Yingluck government will survive its full term if it postpones consideration of the constitution amendment and national reconciliation bills, noted Thai Rath.
Government readies massive water resource projects
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 14/07/2012
» The government is to implement massive water resource projects countrywide costing 350 billion baht to permanently solve flood problems in accordance with three blueprints from the Office of National Water Resources and Flood Prevention, Science and Technology Ministry, noted Post Today.
Pheu Thai weighs options over charter rewrite bid
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 21/07/2012
» The historic decision of the Constitution Court ended with only a partial victory for the Pheu Thai Party.
Southern violence and killings prove tough to suppress
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 04/08/2012
» In recent weeks, the situation in the three southernmost provinces has deteriorated, with car bombs, soldiers killed on road duty and the deaths of government officials, with no let-up in sight, noted Thai Rath.
Rational discussion has degenerated, says Phumtham
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 05/05/2012
» Within a few weeks, the 111 former executives of the disbanded Thai Rak Thai Party, the precursor of the Pheu Thai Party, will be freed from their five-year political ban, noted Post Today.
Can government survive rising cost of living crisis?
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 12/05/2012
» 'If elected to government, [the party] will not disappoint the people. The first thing we will do is decrease the cost of living. Gasoline 95 will come down by 7.5 baht/litre, gasoline 91 down by 6.7 baht/litre and diesel down by 2.2 baht/litre".
Gloves off for constitutional amendment
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 25/02/2012
» The joint meeting between the House of Representatives and the Senate on Thursday was to consider various charter amendment bills with no need to wait to verify all the signatures of citizens who have put their names to a people's amendment bill because to wait for this would take several months, noted Post Today.