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Somsak, Suriya deal blow to PPRP
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/03/2023
» The defection of two key figures of the Sam Mitr faction, Suriya Juangroongruangkit and Somsak Thepsutin, from the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) to the Pheu Thai Party has dealt a blow to the ruling party.
PM finally nails colours to political mast
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/01/2023
» All eyes will be on the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre after 4.30pm today. Representatives of Thai and foreign media outlets and many defectors from other parties, including Palang Pracharath (PPRP) and Pheu Thai, will be there for a major political event -- the formal registration to join the United Thai Nation Party (UTN), or Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party.
Govt jab management fails to hit home
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/06/2021
» Most critics sum up Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha government's performance in the management of vaccines procurement with one simple word: "suck". I couldn't agree more with that harsh summation and there is no need to further amplify that utter failure.
Bad judgement is risking lives
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/04/2020
» Yet another mistake. And, again, it involves an army officer. Maj-Gen Kosol Chujai, a specialist attached to the Office of the Defence Permanent Secretary, who was assigned to help health officials with the screening of arriving passengers at Suvarnabhumi Airport, let 152 arriving Thai passengers go home on Friday night after they protested and refused to enter quarantine at state facilities.
Even hand needed in share cases
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/06/2019
» The ongoing tit-for-tat game which is being played out in the Constitutional Court between the opposition Future Forward Party (FFP) and the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), the core government party, is typical of Thailand's gutter politics whereby opposing parties are always at each other's throat until one of them is choked to death. Because of the high political stakes involved, it appears that there will be no compromises and no prisoners taken.
Old and new must seek harmony
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/06/2019
» Future Forward Party (FFP) leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit appears to be a man in a rush and a man who enjoys controversy.
S44 is not a magic cure to our traffic woes
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/09/2016
» Section 44 of the interim constitution is not a magic wand, nor is it a panacea for all of the country's dilemmas, be they political, economic, social, health, environment, etc.
Media out to lunch as police whistle-blower calls
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/03/2016
» Media organisations and academics, as well as anti-corruption advocacy groups, went full throttle against embattled news anchor Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda and Channel 3 last week. Meanwhile, the whistle-blowing by Adm Phajun Tamprateep, a former close aide to Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda, that revealed an unidentified general was involved in the "sale" of police positions ahead of the annual police reshuffle went largely unnoticed by the media.
Sacking Sukhumbhand is no help to the Democrats
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/01/2016
» The "family feud" between Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra and his supporters on one side and the Democrat Party led by Abhisit Vejjajiva on the other is nothing new for the oldest political congress in Thailand. Two big questions are being raised over this latest episode, though. The first is whether it will lead to the embattled governor and his followers breaking away from the party, and the second is whether there will be leadership change.
Welcome end to mobile traffic checkpoints
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/10/2015
» Random checkpoint, flying checkpoint, mobile checkpoint, temporary roadblock, call it what you will, they all serve just one purpose -- to squeeze money from road users, and motorcyclists in particular.