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Decree risks overreach
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/04/2020
» Since the state of emergency was declared and the curfew imposed nationwide, hundreds of people have been arrested and charged for breaking the special laws.
Emergency decree extended
Post Reporters, Published on 27/04/2020
» The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Monday decided to extend the Emergency Decree for another month after it expires on April 30.
Emergency decree extended
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/04/2020
» The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Monday decided to extend the Emergency Decree for another month after it expires on April 30.
Emergency decree extended
News, Published on 23/07/2020
» The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Wednesday approved the extension of the emergency decree for another month until Aug 31. The current ban on public gatherings will, however, be lifted as soon as the extension takes effect.
Emergency decree extended
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/07/2020
» The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Wednesday approved the extension of the emergency decree for another month until Aug 31. The current ban on public gatherings will, however, be lifted as soon as the extension takes effect.
By royal decree
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/03/2023
» Re: "Avoiding the third rail", (BP, March 12).
Emergency decree coming Thursday
Online Reporters, Published on 24/03/2020
» The government will declare an emergency and introduce new measures to combat the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on Thursday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday.
PM defends emergency decree
News, Published on 10/06/2020
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday defended the use of the emergency decree to curb the spread of Covid-19, calling it a legal tool for the authorities to enforce virus control measures.
Emergency decree irks transporters
Business, Published on 13/06/2020
» Transport operators have questioned the removal of the night-time curfew on Monday of next week without an end to the emergency decree, saying the government may have other political motives for continuing with restrictive state powers.
The politics of decree
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/10/2020
» For the sixth time, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government has extended the controversial emergency decree, claiming that the special law is still a necessary tool for coronavirus control. Although it has vehemently insisted that the use of decree in handling critics and opponents is apolitical, the opposite is the truth.