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Heritage lost
News, Postbag, Published on 18/06/2020
» My wife grew up in Phrae and since her father was something of a big shot in the Forestry Department at the time, grew up close by in a colonial-style house architecturally similar to the one that was thoughtlessly demolished.
Shady Thamanat
News, Postbag, Published on 16/06/2020
» Re: "Alro readying to repossess forest land, rent it back to businesses", (BP, June 14).
Baht manipulation?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/06/2020
» The World Bank has slashed Thailand's GDP outlook for 2020 to a 5% contraction, as reported in the Business Post on June 10.
Army's shameful record
News, Postbag, Published on 26/04/2020
» Re: "Not all army to blame", (PostBag, April 25).
FFP was singled out
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/03/2020
» Re: "It's not just about FFP", (PostBag, March 12). Khun Piya Samyan defends the Constitutional Court dissolving the Future Forward Party, because "it did violate the law regarding acquisition of income". This is about the "rule of law that is equally applied to all". I fully agree with Khun Piya that the law must be applied without fear or favour -- for if not, the government would be weaponising the law to slay its enemies, so to speak.
Ruling is inconsistent
News, Postbag, Published on 27/02/2020
» I agree with the spirit of the Constitutional Court's verdict on the FFP's loan saga: loans should be considered as contributions. But have the Thai Election Commission or courts previously ruled that loans are, legally speaking, contributions? The Bangkok Post's Feb 21 editorial said: "The EC never ... informed political parties that there are regulations barring them from taking out loans. That's because there are no such rules." Also, if we had such specific and clear rules and laws, our EC and CC would have explicitly based their decisions on them, quoting the section -- but that's not the case.
Party loans nothing new
News, Postbag, Published on 23/02/2020
» In response to the Election Commission's action over the Future Forward Party because it borrowed money from its founder, the Constitutional Court has disbanded the FFP and banned its directors from political activity for many years.
Army can't reform itself
News, Postbag, Published on 16/02/2020
» Re: "Underpinnings of a Thai mass shooting", (Opinion, Feb 14).
How to steal a nation
News, Postbag, Published on 25/01/2020
» Re: "Government's competence in question", (Opinion, Jan 24).
When religion is law
News, Postbag, Published on 11/01/2020
» Re: "Concentric Mideast wars and prospects", (Opinion, Jan 10).