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Another 'honest mistake', really?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/10/2014
» Over a decade ago the Constitutional Court famously found that then prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra made an "honest mistake" in finding him not guilty of assets concealment by a vote of 8:7. Two of the eight votes which ruled Thaksin not guilty in 2001 came from sitting judges who abstained from voting.
Yingluck decision fosters more doubts about OAG
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/09/2014
» The Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) decided on Wednesday not to proceed with the indictment of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on malfeasance charges in connection with the rice pledging scheme, as recommended by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), because the commission's case file was incomplete.
Lottery price cap is a litmus test for NCPO credibility
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/08/2014
» In mid-July, the Krung Thep Poll by Bangkok University released the results of an opinion survey involving about 1,200 people whose views were gauged on how confident they were with efforts by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to solve the problem of overpriced lottery tickets.
Not only protesters, the farmers too
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/12/2013
» The festive season is already here with the New Year just a week away and many office workers anxiously anticipating their year-end bonus. Even government officials are to get a bonus – thanks to the extraordinary generosity of the government and despite the fact that it is broke.
Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives is broke
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/11/2013
» There is both good news and bad news about the rice pledging scheme, events which seem to have been overshadowed by the current political turbulence.
China rice deal real, or illusion?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/09/2013
» It was no surprise when Democrat deputy party leader Korn Chatikavanich expressed his suspicions on his Facebook page on Monday about an announcement by Commerce Minister Niwatthamrong Bunsongphaisan that China would buy 1.2 million tonnes of stockpiled rice and 200,000 tonnes of rubber from Thailand this year.
Devil lies in the details, but where are they?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/09/2013
» Commerce permanent secretary Watchari Vimuktayon drew a lot of flak on social media last week for her seemingly insulting remark that we, the consumer, might only have imagined that consumer goods have become more expensive and that the cost of living has gone up.
Auctioned rice must be quality guaranteed
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/07/2013
» Rice exporters are complaining they have not been given the chance to examine the first lot of rice - 150,000 tonnes of 5% white rice and 200,000 tonnes of broken milled rice - the Commerce Ministry is to auction off on July 29.
Commerce Ministry, land of fairy tales
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/07/2013
» The Commerce Ministry is quite the expert in keeping us amazed by the fairy tales it has continually pulled from its sleeves since the launch of the rice pledging scheme - which should be renamed the rice buying scheme - two years ago.
Who really benefitted from the rice scheme?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/06/2013
» Better late than never. The Yingluck government is finally back-peddling on its most ambitious and, perhaps, most destructive populist policy, the rice pledging scheme -- which set the purchase price of paddy about 40% above market price and cost taxpayers 136 billion baht in losses, according to official estimates, in just the first year, with more to come.