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Senate powers face new threat
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 22/05/2025
» A group of senators will ask the Senate Speaker to suspend the selection of members of independent organisations on May 29-30.
Don't count your chickens
News, Published on 15/03/2025
» Bangkok has always been tricky to contest for any aspiring governor, and the main opposition People's Party (PP) is unfazed by the prospect of a tough gubernatorial race due next year.
BJT-friendly Senate sits pretty, for now
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 08/03/2025
» The vote by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) board on March 6 to limit its probe into the Senate election to money laundering alone, ditching complaints of criminal association, shows the two coalition parties, Pheu Thai and Bhumjaithai (BJT), embracing political compromise after their high-profile showdown.
Charter rewrite faces major setbacks
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 22/02/2025
» Political parties, particularly those in the government coalition, have shown their true colours as the charter amendment process unfolds. Meanwhile, amid it all, the opposition People's Party has shown that it remains committed to changing the junta-sponsored supreme law of the country into one that is more democratic.
Executive-level courses spark row
Published on 03/02/2025
» A debate has emerged over whether an executive-level course run by the Judicial Training Institute under the Court of Justice should be scrapped, after two Supreme Court judges called for its cancellation.
No change, no charter
News, Published on 09/11/2024
» The referendum is, without a doubt, intertwined with the fate of the constitutional amendment.
Senate panel selection vote gets heated
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 07/08/2024
» Senators from minority factions have cried foul after senators from the majority bloc voted themselves in to dominate the Senate committee scrutinising the qualifications of the new attorney-general.
Misinformation overload
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 28/05/2024
» From exaggerated crime reports to hyperbolic political coverage, the trend towards dramatisation is reshaping how the public consumes news in Thailand, especially on television screens. Critics, however, have raised a red flag that this not only distorts fact-based reality but also undermines the media's role in providing accurate and responsible journalism, potentially leaving audiences more misinformed and emotionally manipulated.
Very soft Thai power in the making
Life, Published on 20/09/2023
» Since the recent return of Thaksin Shinawatra after 15 years of self-exile to Bangkok and the parliamentary selection of Srettha Thavisin as Thailand's 30th prime minister on the same day, politics and culture have unfolded with drama and excitement.
Jumping the gun aren't we?
News, Published on 17/06/2023
» The fate of the Move Forward Party (MFP) is hanging by a thread despite its best efforts to overlook the lurking dangers that could have seismic consequences in politics.