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Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/01/2013
» The Bangkok governor election has been set for Sunday March 3, and front-running and underdog aspirants alike have already started their door-knocking campaign to woo the city’s voters, even before registration of candidates opens.
Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/11/2012
» Led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the 23 new cabinet appointees were sworn in before His Majesty the King at Siriraj Hospital on Thursday and a special meeting of the cabinet scheduled for today, Friday.
Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/07/2012
» Pheu Thai heavyweights are still widely divided on how the party should proceed with the charter amendments bill after the Constitution Court last Friday dismissed the charge of attempting to osubvert the constitutional monarchy brought against the party, and suggested that charter should be amended section-by-section and that a referendum be called.
Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/07/2012
» This week’s political spotlight shifted to the Constitution Court, where the judges were hearing argument over the legality of the Pheu Thai Party’s bid to rewrite the constitution, challenged by its opponents as a move to overthrow the constitutional monarchy.
Weekly highlights
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.
Weekly highlights
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.
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Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/02/2012
» Government authorities were in unison, insisting the three bomb blasts in downtown Bangkok did not amount to terrorism because the devices were intended solely to kill unnamed foreign individuals - even though several Thais were hurt. In the parliament, there was bedlam on Thursday when Democrat MPs queried the prime minister about her "secret mission" at the Four Seasons Hotel last Wednesday.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/02/2012
» Students and lecturers at Thammasat University take sides as the clash of opinions over the lese majeste law fuelled by the Nitirat group's campaign splits the campus. In the far South, the government finally admitted that paramilitary rangers killed four innocent civilians and wounded five others. As for the flood prevention plan, there is no good news.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/01/2012
» Two street protests greeted the government this week with more to come soon and the government's plan for a two billion baht compensation package for victims of political violence seems to have backfired. But the "talk of the town" is the ear-bashing incident at Suvarnabhumi airport.