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Pheu Thai on reckless, dangerous, path
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/11/2013
» The ruling Pheu Thai Party is in a hurry, as if there is no tomorrow. So the party released all the brakes and went into overdrive at full throttle or sud soi, a term used by its master, self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
The making of a 'husband-and-wife' parliament
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/08/2013
» As public attention is diverted to the much-hyped political reform forum, the government is attempting to amend the charter to transform the Senate into yet another tool to fulfill its ambition of complete control of parliament.
Challenge to Constitution Court's authority a foolhardy plan
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/04/2013
» Pheu Thai MPs and their allies in the Senate appeared very emotional when they decided last week to challenge the authority of the Constitution Court and to seek the impeachment of all nine judges.
Pheu Thai maintains pressure on court
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/04/2013
» There seems to be no love lost between the Pheu Thai Party and the Constitution Court _ which is understandable considering the painful lessons given by the court to the ruling party's two predecessors, Thai Rak Thai and Palang Prachachon, which it dissolved for electoral fraud and then banned their executive board members from politics for five years.
Charter change bills just a prelude
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/03/2013
» On orders from the man in Dubai, the Pheu Thai Party, its coalition partners and pro-government senators are gearing up at full throttle to push for amending the constitution section by section.
Imprisoned red-shirts merely expendable pawns
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/02/2013
» It should not be surprising that the demand for amnesty for jailed red-shirt protesters has been given the cold shoulder by both the government and the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, because the government's political stability is deemed more important than the plight of the prisoners.
Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/07/2012
» The far South remains a very dangerous place for officials and civilians alike, with just one car bomb claiming the lives of five policemen in a single attack on Wednesday. Politically, the Pheu Thai Party refuses to give up on charter amendments and the controversial reconciliation bills, and that means the political atmosphere may heat up again.
A sound tactical retreat
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/07/2012
» Lose a few battles in order to win the war. This famous quote appears to have inspired the strategy adopted by the Pheu Thai Party as it made a tactical retreat from trying to ram the reconciliation bills through the final reading in parliament over a month ago and is now likely to withdraw the bills when the House reconvenes next month.
No one to mediate for Thaksin
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/06/2012
» Influential social critic Prawase Wasi told the press last week that he would prefer fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to look at Pridi Banomyong, former prime minister and senior statesman, as a role model.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/06/2012
» Confrontation between the Constitution Court and the parliament was narrowly averted when the parliament backed down from challenging the court’s authority. New troubles are brewing for Pheu Thai Party leader Yongyuth Wichaidit and de facto leader Thaksin Shinawatra. And two innocent people shot dead and two others wounded as student gang violence rears its ugly head again.