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Senate lucky draw idea is huge gamble
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 01/03/2017
» One can only hope that a proposal to use a lucky draw as a means of choosing 200 members of a new ultra-powerful Senate is just a joke, intending to give us temporary relief from depressing political and economic realities. Otherwise, luck will become a determining factor in the future of our Upper House and our country.
Consult public before passing laws
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 18/08/2016
» There have been signs of relief and calls for healing from some quarters of society in the aftermath of the constitutional referendum. Now that the charter, which proposes a "half-baked democracy" that Thailand had 40 years ago, has sailed through, it seems like many of us can't wait for a new beginning.