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  • OPINION

    Regime plays familiar game to retain grip

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 29/04/2018

    » The once invincible Pheu Thai Party is facing one of the toughest times in its history as the military-led government looks to use the very tactic that it deployed over the past decade to make sure that it returns to the helm after the elections.

  • OPINION

    Prayut, junta need to take careful steps

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 22/04/2018

    » The public relations campaign of coup leader Prayut Chan-o-cha seems to be running at full speed and last week the country saw a glimpse of moves being undertaken by people around him to boost the popularity of the military leader.

  • OPINION

    Mahathir starts off with a bang

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 13/05/2018

    » Mahathir bin Mohamad, the 92-year old and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia has gotten down to work on the very first day of assuming office with orders to ban overseas travel of the former protege turned nemesis Najib Razak, setting up an investigation team to look into the corruption allegations against the Najib government and was also looking for an early pardon to the jailed protege turned nemesis turned protege -- Anwar Ibrahim.

  • OPINION

    LGBT vote push will pay off at polls

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 06/05/2018

    » The coup-led government of Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is looking to tap into yet another source of valuable votes after announcing plans to enact a law allowing same-sex civil partnerships by the end of this year.

  • OPINION

    Malaysia's vote a model for SE Asia

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 11/05/2018

    » Southeast Asia has been a hotbed of issues that are not democratic in nature, but Wednesday's outpouring of Malaysia voters, showing their frustration by voting out a government accused of massive corruption, has shown a path for other nations to follow.

  • OPINION

    Chicanery can only go on so long

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 25/03/2018

    » The week ahead is going to be intense as political parties prepare to attend a meeting on Wednesday with those who seized power to negotiate the possibility of a total lifting of the ban on political activities.

  • OPINION

    Regime had time, but they blew it

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 01/04/2018

    » Former prime minister siblings Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra seem to have hit a nerve once again with their visit to Japan this week, where the former premier said he expects the Pheu Thai Party to sweep the polls -- if and when they are held.

  • OPINION

    Power play - with nation's image at risk

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 08/04/2018

    » Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has faced a media storm over his comments backing incumbent Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as a potential candidate to be an "outsider" premier (that is, a leader who is not linked to a political party).

  • OPINION

    S44 misused to bail out big business

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 18/02/2018

    » Earlier this week, General Rolex -- also known as Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon -- came out to say that the government had agreed in principle to give the winners of the 24 digital television and the 4G telecommunication licences a break from what is being perceived as being a loss-making venture.

  • OPINION

    Regime just delaying the inevitable

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 25/02/2018

    » The junta shocked the nation this past week when its puppets in the national assembly shot down all seven election commissioner candidates who were supposedly handpicked by the regime.

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