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Democratic justice
News, Postbag, Published on 13/04/2019
» I wish to thank the 12 diplomats and their respective democratic countries for finally supporting the Thai people. Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai's comment, "It's an intervention in our justice system" is a joke. Without a truly democratically elected government there is no justice.
A taxing argument
News, Postbag, Published on 24/03/2019
» A reader in his March 23 letter makes a fair comment on two-tiered pricing for foreigners. But he then goes on to quantify the government's policy of a two-tiered charging system by saying that some farang do not pay taxes. I would dispute this. I am assuming by "some farang" he means tourists, as all foreigners living and working here pay tax in one form or another.
Come to the party, PM
News, Postbag, Published on 08/03/2018
» Many of the 40 plus new political parties want Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to continue as PM, post-election. But some newbies want the post-election inter-party negotiations to be deadlocked to the point where the junta-selected and elected MPs can join to choose Gen Prayut as an "outsider" PM.
Undoing of the web
News, Postbag, Published on 17/02/2018
» Re: "Watch-scandal shenanigans sully decent debate", (Opinion, Feb 15, 2018).
The Pheu Thai circus
News, Postbag, Published on 05/08/2017
» How many times have Pheu Thai politicians shot themselves in the foot. I've lost count. This time they just shot themselves in the mouth, blaming the government for the floods in the Northeast (BP, July 31). Have they forgotten what they did in 2011?
PromptPay hackable
News, Postbag, Published on 27/08/2016
» Re "PromptPay sows doubts", (Editorial, Aug 24).