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Dismal EC needs people with ethics
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 04/06/2017
» The move by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) to possibly remove the current members of the Election Commission (EC) comes as a surprise to many in the country. The NLA has proposed that the five commissioners, appointed under the defunct 2007 constitution, vacate their posts after the new EC organic law comes into effect.
Govt 'victories' become our nightmares
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 27/05/2017
» Being overly critical of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) may not help if you want to be in a state of sanity while gauging its three-year performance and trying to understand why the regime and its cheerleaders still think it has done a great job and should prolong its stay in power.
Reality sets in three years after the coup
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 26/05/2017
» Three years after it seized power in Thailand's 13th successful coup in 85 years, the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha appears embattled. Growing popular grievances have focused on Thailand's economic doldrums, persistent corruption, intractable polarisation, and a problematic roadmap to return to democratic rule. In addition, a string of mysterious bomb blasts in Bangkok with murky implications has recently undermined the political stability and social calm that the National Council for Peace and Order was supposed to be good at achieving.
How our education sustains dictatorship
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 25/05/2017
» After eight decades of trying to foster civilian rule, Thailand is still under a military government. So what went wrong?
Is Venezuela swiftly heading towards a civil war?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 15/05/2017
» "I am no Mussolini," insisted Venezuela's beleagured President Nicolas Maduro on television early this month, but if things go on this way he could end up like Mussolini. That would be very unfortunate for him, and also for Venezuela.
About politics
News, Published on 06/05/2017
» Watered down reform proposals do not mean press is out of the woods yet v Sub purchase could decide if Adm Luechai wins top post, or torpedoes his chances v Witthaya Kaewparadai comeback has some Democrats in spin over Suthep return
Silence is not consent
News, Postbag, Published on 03/05/2017
» In his April 28 article, "Are Thais getting the dictators they deserve?" Thitinan Pongsudhirak points out that Thais are docile, tame and cowering to the current military dictatorship. Silence should not be taken as condoning military coups or government. People with clear minds understand the culmination of causes and magnitude of political crises leading up to the recent coup.
Forget coal and embrace Energy 3.0
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 20/02/2017
» The protesters are clad in green T-shirts. They raise banners which read "No Coal", "Save the Environment". The place is Government House. The scene feels like deja vu. I have to pinch myself as it seems like I am back in the late 90s, a time when environmental protests were frequent across the country.
Echoes of the Nixon presidency
News, Published on 23/01/2017
» His private campaign headquarters was an elegant suite on New York's Fifth Avenue. Elected with 43.4% of the vote, he claimed the mandate of a silent majority. A secret liaison with a foreign government helped him win. America's spies detected this stratagem; the sitting president called it treason.
Time ripe for PM to revisit amnesty plan
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 06/01/2017
» After having been rejected and buried many times, the idea of granting an amnesty to those involved in political violence in past years has emerged again. This time the bid comes from Suchon Chaleekrea, a member of the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA), who proposes an amnesty be granted to those charged with minor offences during political unrest, excluding major crime and lese majeste offenders.