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Crisis panel reveals PM's guiding hand
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/08/2015
» Who needs an electoral democracy when there is Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's "roadmap"?
PM right to resist calls to stay at helm
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/08/2015
» As a soldier, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha may have thought his toughest battle was fighting his enemies -- people who are against the coup and the military regime and its deeply conservative way of thinking.
Suthep will turn reform into charade
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 04/08/2015
» The reform-before-election mantra is coming around again but it's questionable if its spell will hold this time.
The pragmatic critic
Life, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 20/07/2015
» Banyong Pongpanich thinks it is senseless to ask when a reform will be done.
Has reform failed, or has it even begun?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 23/06/2015
» Maybe it's the natural swing of the pendulum — what goes up must come down — and that explains why we have gone from fight-to-the-death battles against inequality a few years ago, to high-minded campaigns for national reform last year, to struggles against overpriced lotteries, motorcycle racers and the age-old question of whether casinos should be allowed to operate legally in Thailand now.
All roads lead to entrenched military rule
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/06/2015
» Whether the new elections are held in August 2016, 2017 or 2020, the polls are losing their game-changing power as the military regime turns all roads to its advantage.
PM may have last laugh on 'reforms first'
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/06/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha often tells reporters that despite his volatile temper, he is a funny man.
Thaksin yet to lose anything in NCPO row
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 02/06/2015
» After a year of relative inactivity, the political scene has exploded with some spectacular punches and counter-punches last week. The question people naturally have is: why now?
A referendum mustn't equal regime limbo
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/05/2015
» To hold, or not to hold, a referendum on the new draft charter is not the question.
Good political intentions are not enough
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 05/05/2015
» Wouldn't it be nice if Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha used his powers under Section 44 to stop after-hours alcohol sales near the campus allegedly implicated in the drink-driving accident which killed three cyclists in Chiang Mai?