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Judicial precedent 'needed' to prevent coups
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 22/05/2022
» Today eight years ago the military did what many feared it would do -- engineer the coup that toppled the Pheu Thai Party-led government. Naming itself the National Council for Peace and Order, the coup maker argued it had to seize power to break the legal and political impasse. To its critics, there can never be justification for usurping power.
Kicking up a stink puts new charter at risk
Oped, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 30/04/2015
» A fascinating quote popped up last week that sums up the state of health, and is perhaps a foreboding of the fate, of the country's mother of all rule books — the constitution.
This time, the putsch can bring change
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 11/06/2014
» If we think the coup-masters usurping power is such a pain in the neck, we only have ourselves to blame.
Decree risks a reality check for the govt
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 30/01/2014
» The government has laid down its trump card; the emergency decree, which, ironically, has exposed its weakness.
Respect the constitution's spirit
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 22/11/2012
» It looks rather likely that we will be at loggerheads once again over the perennially unfinished charter amendment business.