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PPRP rift 'nothing unusual'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 08/06/2020
» Internal rifts are common in politics, and the latest debacle within the leading party of the government coalition is just another form of restructuring, according to Sira Jenjaka, a Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MP for Bangkok.
More MPs face land scrutiny
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/12/2019
» Environmental police will look into a fresh complaint against 21 MPs, five senators and four officials over public forest encroachment.
Heed charter draft gripes
News, Editorial, Published on 05/02/2016
» The government on Wednesday launched a special television programme to "educate" the public on the draft charter. It is a useful move considering the public finds legal-speak very difficult to understand. But it risks being self-defeating if it turns out to be an attempt to shoot down criticisms in a one-sided manner.
63 ex-reform council members win seats on NRSA
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 06/10/2015
» Sixty-three former National Reform Council (NRC) members including 42 who voted down the previous draft constitution have secured seats on the 200-member National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA).
PM wants to ban word 'grassroots'
News, Published on 27/08/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha wants to use his special powers to prohibit people from using the word rakya (grassroots) to refer to the poor, because he believes the term creates class divisions in society.
Activists urge end to draft charter
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 27/08/2015
» Pro-democracy activists are calling for the draft charter to be rejected, arguing it poses a threat to civic rights and will prolong the military's grip on power.
Has reform failed, or has it even begun?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 23/06/2015
» Maybe it's the natural swing of the pendulum — what goes up must come down — and that explains why we have gone from fight-to-the-death battles against inequality a few years ago, to high-minded campaigns for national reform last year, to struggles against overpriced lotteries, motorcycle racers and the age-old question of whether casinos should be allowed to operate legally in Thailand now.
Media in North want bigger say on council
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/07/2015
» Media organisations from the North have asked the National Reform Council (NRC) to increase representation from that region on a proposed mass media professional council to ensure it fairly represents media nationwide.
Ticha quits amid gender feud
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/03/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha played down the resignation of Ticha Na Nakorn from the National Reform Council (NRC) and the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) as women's rights advocates gear up for a fresh campaign to highlight gender equality in the new charter.
Draft charter 'steals democracy'
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 09/03/2015
» The draft constitution is fraught with flaws as the constitution drafters have come up with the wrong solutions that will only snatch democracy from the people, Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva says.