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Democratic justice
News, Postbag, Published on 13/04/2019
» I wish to thank the 12 diplomats and their respective democratic countries for finally supporting the Thai people. Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai's comment, "It's an intervention in our justice system" is a joke. Without a truly democratically elected government there is no justice.
Figure this one out
News, Postbag, Published on 04/04/2019
» I am confused when a drafter of the organic law on the election of MPs insists that small parties which received fewer than 71,000 votes can be awarded party-list seats, and that there is no minimum vote requirement.
Protest in peace
News, Postbag, Published on 01/04/2019
» We hear of a rally organised at Victory Monument against the Election Commission (EC) over alleged maladministration, which sounds serious. Thai voters would have good grounds to be concerned. But the military regime has taken what some say is over-zealous action against activists (BP, March 30).
Unworkable nonsense
News, Postbag, Published on 31/03/2019
» I could not disagree more with the conclusion of Observant Citizen in his March 29 letter that the Thai voting system should result in the party who wins the popular vote taking priority over the party with the highest number of seats.
PM's tricky position
News, Postbag, Published on 30/03/2019
» Re: "Poll uncertainty lingers as count nears finish line", (Commentary, March 29).
A tangled web
News, Published on 27/03/2019
» According the Bangkok Post's unofficial poll results, the new election rules worked well as planned, i.e. preventing Pheu Thai's lopsided win.
Shopping for a judge
News, Postbag, Published on 17/03/2019
» Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the Future Forward Party, in a recent interview with the Bangkok Post, is quoted as saying "The criminal charges against Khun Thaksin [were laid] under the military government … we are proposing to get him back. Reopen the cases against him, and the judge has to be neutral … he has the right to a free and fair trial."
Stop the smog
News, Postbag, Published on 16/03/2019
» Re: "Alternatives for farmers", (Editorial, March 15).
Politicians to blame
News, Published on 09/03/2019
» Re: "TRC dissolution turns up political heat", (Opinion, March 8).