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PM fails to put oath debate to bed
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/09/2019
» The Sept 18 parliamentary debate against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha over his incomplete reciting of the oath of office is over. But the controversy lingers on as the opposition has refused to let go of the matter. This is because the prime minister did not himself clarify why he omitted to recite an important part of the oath as stipulated in the constitution but assigned his top legal expert, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, to act on his behalf.
Band-aid solutions hide real rice problems
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/11/2016
» It is quite heartening to see the government and private sectors come up with ways and means to help rice farmers, the so-called impoverished backbone of the country who are now in hot water as the price of rice has dropped to its lowest level in a decade. The price of Hom Mali paddy, Thailand's premium grade rice, averages 10,550 baht/tonne based on the government's credit extension scheme which helps rice farmers by setting the pledging price at 90% of the market price of Hom Mali varieties.
Battle royal looms between Pheu Thai, court
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/04/2013
» April is normally the hottest month of the year with the temperature often surpassing 40C in different parts of the country. This year, however, the situation may be different with the mercury in the coming months likely to soar higher than the April record as a "Battle Royal" is looming between the ruling Pheu Thai Party and its allies on the one hand and the Constitution Court and its supporters on the other.
Chalerm may have got off on the wrong foot
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/10/2012
» 'Reconciliation or challenging for a fight?" So read the headline of Thai Rath's editorial on Saturday, Oct 20, in direct reference to Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung's staging of a "deliberative dialogue" session in Nakhon Ratchsima province next Sunday in a bid to build consensus towards national reconciliation.
Drowning in hot air
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/10/2012
» There has not been a drop of rain in Bang Sue district where I have been staying since Monday night, and the much talked about storm Gaemi has weakened and is heading westward and out of Thailand.
Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/08/2012
» Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwannatat appears to have resolved his conflict in his ministry with his abrupt transfer of three generals. But Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi is caught in a three-way war of words with the City Hall and a group of water experts on the flood prevent plan. In the deep South, militants went on bomb-planting spree to mark their national day.
'Big fish' can't see the forests
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/02/2012
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said in her weekly "Yingluck government meets the people" TV programme that her government would heed His Majesty the King's advice given to members of the Strategic Formulation Committee for Water Resources Management during an audience at Siriraj hospital on Friday.