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Showdown? It's just window-dressing
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/02/2014
» The stage was supposedly set for a major showdown on Tuesday. What was not clear was whether it would be a make-or-break confrontation, or just another show of force by the two opposing forces, the Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) and the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC).
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/03/2012
» The stage is set for the government to ram its reconciliation plan through the parliament this session, using its clear majority, despite protests from the opposition and others. The same force of numbers was used in the push for a charter rewrite, when the House panel on constitutional amendments forced a reversal of an earlier decision.