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Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/06/2012
» The main news focus this week was undoubtedly the conflict between the Constitution Court and the parliament over the court’s order that the parliament suspend the final reading of the constitution amendment bill, which was scheduled for today,Friday, until the bench has ruled on the constitutionality of the amendment process.
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Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/05/2012
» Thai Airways International president Piyasvasti Amranand was sacked by THAI board, which was unable to give a clear explanation why he had to go. The government started paying compensation to relatives of victims of the April-May 2010 violence and of the violence in the deep South. But the joy of the nation appears to be HM the King's recovery and his first trip outside the capital in more than two years.
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Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/05/2012
» The debate on the lese majeste law was revived, with fresh calls for legal amendments, following the sudden death of convicted offender Ah Kong. The rising cost of living remains a topical issue, with the Commerce Ministry finally backtracking on its claim there is no problem, as the government moves to freeze prices. And the long delayed computer tablets for schools deal was finally inked.
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Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/04/2012
» As the country heads into the Songkran celebration an 8.6 magnitude quake off Indonesia set off tsunami alarms across the Indian Ocean -- including six southern coastal provinces in Thailand, where tens of thousands of residents and tourists fled to high ground, temporarily spoiling the festive mood. But not for Thaksin's supporters in the Northeast, a few hundred of whom went to Vientiane to greet him.
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Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/03/2012
» The stage is set for the government to ram its reconciliation plan through the parliament this session, using its clear majority, despite protests from the opposition and others. The same force of numbers was used in the push for a charter rewrite, when the House panel on constitutional amendments forced a reversal of an earlier decision.
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Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/03/2012
» King Prajadhipok’s Institute has come under heavy fire over its controversial study and report on national reconciliation after the House reconciliation committee agreed by majority vote to adopt one of the recommendations. The committee chairman, 2006 coup leader General Sonthi Boonyatkalin, was also in the public spotlight when he refused a request to tell the whole truth about the overthrow of the Thaksin government.
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Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/03/2012
» The government says that there is a slim chance of a repeat of the 'big flood' this year but Japanese investors remain sceptical, wanting all the floodwalls and floodways promised by the government to protect their factories to be in place before the rains come.
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Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/03/2012
» Southern insurgents stepped up their attacks on the security forces this week, killing six soldiers and wounding 13; in Japan, Prime Minister Yingluck assured Japanese investors that last year's devastating flood will not be repeated and their factories are now safe; and the government has started the process to compensate victims of political violence.
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Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/03/2012
» Nitirat group leader Worajet Pakeerat was punched on the face by two brothers who, on their surrender to the police, said they were opposed to the group’s stated aims, to have the lese majeste law changed. Supporters and opponents of charter change began gearing up for a new showdown as the parliament started charter rewriting proceedings.
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Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/02/2012
» The Four Seasons Hotel saga will probably shift from the social network gossip arena to the courtroom now that defamation complaints have been lodged with the police by the prime minister's legal team. Parliamentary debates on the charter rewrite have started and it is expected that the government will win again, after its two executive financial decrees were also endorsed by the Constitution Court.