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Court will have to rule on Abhisit, Suthep's intentions
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 22/12/2012
» Last week the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) levelled a charge of "foreseen intention to cause death to others" against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban during the crackdown on the red shirts in 2010.
Thais led astray by 'dictatorship of majority'
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 15/12/2012
» 'I cannot see the future for the country unless it can develop much further than at present. Thai people mostly don't understand their own duties, don't respect other people's opinions. Democracy must be engaged with rational discussion, not the dictatorship of the majority," Constitution Court president Wasan Soipisudh said in an interview with Post Today.
Pheu Thai weighs options over charter rewrite bid
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 21/07/2012
» The historic decision of the Constitution Court ended with only a partial victory for the Pheu Thai Party.
Government cannot afford to be bull-headed
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 07/07/2012
» In a recent Suan Dusit Poll, respondents predicted that the Yingluck government will survive its full term if it postpones consideration of the constitution amendment and national reconciliation bills, noted Thai Rath.
Rational discussion has degenerated, says Phumtham
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 05/05/2012
» Within a few weeks, the 111 former executives of the disbanded Thai Rak Thai Party, the precursor of the Pheu Thai Party, will be freed from their five-year political ban, noted Post Today.
Democrats on a new tack against Yingluck
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 24/03/2012
» The Democrat Party is temporarily shelving the issue of the constitution rewrite to concentrate on rising prices of goods and fuels, noted Post Today.
Sudarat quashes rumours of her political return
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 10/03/2012
» On May 30, the 111 Thai Rak Thai executives who were banned from politics for five years along with the party's dissolution by the charter court will be back on the scene. Political observers believe most of these former TRT executives will play a political role again. Among them is Sudarat Keyuraphan, who reputedly remains influential among Pheu Thai's Bangkok MPs.
Yingluck's government faces ripples of discontent
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 03/03/2012
» After administering the country for about six months, the Yingluck Shinawatra government is beginning to show signs of internal discord with the resignation of Bandhoon Supakavanich, the prime minister's secretary-general, noted Thai Rath.
Govt faces court challenge to get borrowing decrees scrapped
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 04/02/2012
» The Yingluck Shinawatra government is facing stiff opposition for issuing four emergency decrees to enable the Finance Ministry to borrow extensively for flood recovery, noted Post Today.
Thaksin won't accept house arrest, no matter how comfortable
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 07/01/2012
» It is definite that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will not accept the compromise proposal from Sanoh Thiengthong, veteran politician and Pheu Thai list MP, that he be detained in a comfortable place in Thailand, or so-called house arrest, to serve his two-year jail term before being granted a royal pardon, noted Thai Rath.