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PDRC, govt walking a tightrope to avoid bloodshed
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 16/01/2014
» While the anti-government protest, now in its 78th day, has failed to get caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to resign, the protest leaders still have many cards to play.
Pressure weighs on Yingluck
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 14/01/2014
» Even though caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is showing no signs of dismay in the face of the Bangkok "shutdown" campaign, her fresh attempt to engage all major players in talks to discuss the postponement of the Feb 2 general election suggests the government does not want to play the bully.
Uprising will upend 2014
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 02/01/2014
» The political struggle between the caretaker government and the so-called muan maha prachachon or the great mass uprising will continue to dominate Thai politics over the next several months of the new year.
'People's parliament' plan stirs cheers, jeers
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 28/11/2013
» Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban's proposal to set up a "people's parliament" for political reform as a way out of the political conflict has stirred mixed reactions from academics and leading figures.
Protests leave govt with no choice but to quit
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 14/11/2013
» The Democracy Monument is still drawing large crowds. Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban and eight other Democrat politicians have resigned as MPs and relinquished their privileges to step up the protest.
After melee, Democrats say they had no choice
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 22/08/2013
» The chaotic parliamentary session that lasted more than 10 hours on Tuesday resulted from the parliament president's abuse of power in barring opposition MPs from debating the charter amendment bill on the make-up of the Senate.
V For Thailand's rapid growth spooks government
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 25/06/2013
» Government concerns are rising that the fast-growing white-mask movement, known as the V For Thailand group, could threaten the administration.
Ex-governor scoffs at poll
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 25/01/2013
» MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Democrat Party's candidate for Bangkok governor, has shrugged off an Abac poll projecting him to finish behind the Pheu Thai Party's Pongsapat Pongcharoen.
Pheu Thai seeks to end Dems' domination
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 03/01/2013
» The Democrat Party has already announced it will field MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the current Bangkok governor, to contest the upcoming Bangkok gubernatorial election battle on Feb 17.
Dems face uphill task in city poll
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 26/12/2012
» As the Bangkok governor race draws near, Democrat dissatisfaction with incumbent Sukhumbhand Paribatra and other alternative candidates has led them to try to enlist deputy leader Korn Chatikavanij to rescue the party in this vital election.