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Will Prayut call a snap election soon?
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 19/06/2021
» With vaccination success in sight, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha could be planning to take political advantage, dissolving parliament and calling a snap election.
Referendum bill delay a perilous game
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 27/03/2021
» As the charter amendment bill was shot down in parliament earlier this month, it is apparent that the process -- a crucial factor for national reconciliation -- will not be completed during the tenure of the Prayut Chan-o-cha government. The failure of the amendment push came as no surprise as it was the aspiration of Meechai Ruchupan, the head of the charter drafting committee, to make changes an uphill task.
Charter change must get back on track
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 13/03/2021
» The terse and vague ruling by the Constitutional Court over the legality of the charter amendment process has given an opportunity for the Prayut Chan-o-cha government and the Senate to interpret it in a way that fits their hidden agenda, extending the process further.
In our politics, time really can stand still
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 13/02/2021
» A number of political developments, ie the waning pro-reform movement and the major loss of the Move Forward Party in local elections, may have given the Prayut Chan-o-cha government and the Palang Pracharath Party such a false sense of confidence that they feel they can now move to delay the process of rewriting the constitution.
New charter may not be democratic
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 10/12/2020
» Today marks Thailand's Constitution Day, arguably one of the most forgotten political dates in national history.
Ray of charter hope for end to unrest
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 21/11/2020
» Progress in the charter rewrite process, with parliamentary endorsement of two draft bills proposed by the government and the opposition, gives a ray of hope that there could be a peaceful solution to the ongoing political conflict.
New rules needed as endgame nears
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 24/10/2020
» Society is holding its breath as today marks the deadline of the anti-dictatorship movement's demand for embattled Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to resign. Will there be a confrontation? How will it end?
Charter rewrite backtracking a mistake
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 26/09/2020
» A political crisis seems unavoidable after politicians in the government coalition and the military-appointed Senate colluded in a charter rewrite vote which, in effect, slows down the rewrite process by another month.
Cracks forming among opposition allies
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 29/08/2020
» Now is a turbulent time, not only for the government, which has encountered a plethora of challenges, for example the student rallies and the economic downturn, but also for the opposition bloc with regard to widening divisions between two major parties -- Pheu Thai and Move Forward -- as they compete for the leading role in the students' pro-democracy rallies.
This year must not see a repeat of 1976
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 15/08/2020
» If Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is really serious about averting the current political crisis stemming from the confrontation between pro-democracy and right-wing factions, he must immediately take steps to have the charter rewritten and set up a drafting panel.