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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.
The charter's devil is in its fuzzy details
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 15/02/2016
» When we read the almost-finalised draft charter, do we see the leaves, the tree, or the forest?
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.
Myopic PDRC leaves future uncertain
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 17/04/2014
» A lot of us have managed to stay sane throughout the Songkran festival. But the political fires that were raging well before the holidays couldn’t be doused with a splash of water.
Fanning the flames of segregation
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 28/02/2014
» Never before have we had a caretaker government so embattled, leaving the country so rudderless.
Bedfellow politics rears its ugly head
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 09/05/2013
» Just when one thought the "side-pillow" parliament _ the term given to husband-wife duos serving in our halls of power _ had been laid to rest, the undead show signs of returning from the grave.
Self-rule risks bedevilling talks with BRN
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 21/03/2013
» Call it monumental, historic or a big leap. The peace talks deal with the BRN has set many pulses racing about the prospect of our brothers and sisters in the far South living peacefully with everyone else.
A fair referendum or bust
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 20/12/2012
» Tearing up a constitution is no laughing matter. Without a thorough consultative process, there is a huge risk the charter rewrite efforts will heighten colour-coded conflicts needlessly.
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.