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Charter rejig ties MPs up in knots
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/03/2021
» Staunch royalist and conformist Senator Somchai Sawaengkarn recently complained about he and his colleagues' failed attempts to make the amendment of the 2017 military-sponsored constitution more difficult.
Cops 'still buying top positions'
News, Published on 28/02/2021
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) needs a major overhaul to tackle the long-standing problem of position buying among police.
Star's light extinguished
News, Published on 27/02/2021
» The Dao Rerk ("star") faction in the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) claimed to be a new crop of young politicians who, as the group's name suggests, are capable of generating new "light" in the political arena.
Charter proposals backed after mammoth session
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 27/02/2021
» Proposed charter amendments were passed by parliament in a second reading on Thursday night with an interval of 15 days required before a vote in a third reading can take place.
Legal hurdles curb reformists
News, Published on 23/02/2021
» The opposition parties will ask the Constitutional Court to listen to more legal experts when it considers a petition seeking its ruling on the legality of proposed charter amendments.
LGBT community vows to push harder in 2021
News, Published on 15/02/2021
» As street protests came back last year pointing out pressing issues needing change in the country, the LGBT community joined the movement calling for more progress on gender equality too. And although 2021 is not a year to expect any leaps of progress, activism for the cause will continue.
Confidence debate a scorcher, MPs say
News, Published on 14/02/2021
» The opposition parties expect the upcoming no-confidence debate to bring the government to its knees while academics believe a cabinet reshuffle may follow as the government will soon be in its second year in office.
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.
Lawmakers vote for court review on charter change bill
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 09/02/2021
» The House and Senate on Tuesday voted 366-316 to seek a Constitutional Court ruling on the legality of the ongoing charter amendment process.
Govt accused of charter ploy
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/02/2021
» The constitutional amendment process is expected to be derailed as the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) and senators will seek a charter court ruling on whether the process is constitutional.