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  • OPINION

    Play by the rules, stop biting back

    Oped, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/06/2014

    » If I were to rob the most heavily guarded bank in Switzerland, I wouldn’t pick Luis Suarez to be on my team. He has the courage, but he would spoil the plan, bite the tellers, thrash around on the floor and throw our operation into disarray. Sinking his teeth into an Italian defender, Suarez was slapped with a four-month ban, starting from the match between his Uruguay and Colombia. He’s forbidden even from entering the football stadium. It’s a provisional excommunication, a Fifa coup de grace.

  • OPINION

    Don't lash out at West

    Oped, Published on 28/06/2014

    » Ongoing campaigns to boycott products from Europe, the United States and Australia to retaliate against the downgrading of relations with Thailand are counter-productive.

  • OPINION

    Regime apologists

    Oped, Published on 28/06/2014

    » I have been disappointed and incredulous over the contents of PostBag for the past few weeks. It seems to contain little but apologias for military dictatorship, anti-Western venom, and childlike belief in the miraculous powers of the junta.

  • OPINION

    Refugee fears well founded

    Oped, Published on 15/07/2014

    » The announcement by Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha last Friday that Myanmar refugees will be repatriated was a surprise to everyone. The army commander said he had come to a personal agreement on the matter with the head of the Myanmar military. The head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) cited national security for wanting to move out all 130,000 people and close the refugee camps. But national security will be even more irreparably harmed if any part of this huge, proposed human movement is mismanaged or bungled.

  • OPINION

    Foul forgoes fair

    Oped, Published on 15/07/2014

    » I refer to Burin Kantabutra’s letter “Still in prison” (PostBag, July 14) in which he wonders why the Thai Bar Association turned down a convicted murderer’s application to become a member of the bar. I usually agree with Khun Burin’s well-expressed opinions, but beg to differ in this case.

  • OPINION

    Improving governance is key to reform

    Oped, Published on 15/07/2014

    » The importance of governance as a key condition for sustaining growth is well and widely recognised, much more than it was a decade ago. Good governance leads to greater accountability and transparency — the two indispensable elements that create a business environment conducive to growth.

  • OPINION

    Time to lead by example

    Oped, Published on 13/09/2014

    » The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) seized power with the promise to rid the country of corruption, wasteful policies and practices allegedly pursued by the previous government led by Yingluck Shinawatra.

  • OPINION

    Postbag: Black hides the truth

    Oped, Published on 13/09/2014

    » Re: “UDD doubts arrested ‘men in black’” (Online, Sept 11). Veerakarn Musikapong and Weng Tojirakarn, core leaders of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), cast doubt on whether the five “men in black” who were arrested are the true culprits or not. The two said that if the suspects were genuine, it is good news. But they suspect this is not the case.

  • OPINION

    A Thai vocabulary for Thailand's democratisation

    Oped, Published on 13/09/2014

    » The new cabinet has taken office. Its responsibilities are heavy and historic. The prime minister and his colleagues must stimulate the economy, introduce democratic reforms, heal deep political divisions, and still have energy left to resolve day-to-day conundrums.

  • OPINION

    Postbag: Bring in the NGOs

    Oped, Published on 24/10/2014

    » It would be a nightmare if we put reforms in place, hold free and fair elections, and then poll results put us back to square one.

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