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Why is Pheu Thai so worried?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/11/2015
» Pheu Thai is up in arms over Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's use of Section 44 to protect officials clearing the huge stockpile of ageing rice and investigating suspected graft in the party's pledging scheme from civil and criminal litigation and disciplinary action.
Guess who's coming to town?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/10/2015
» Guess who's coming to town this Sunday? A voice from somewhere answers: "People in red!"
Charter chairman Meechai sizes up the graft threat
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/10/2015
» The former chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee who drafted the 2007 constitution, Seri Suwanpanont, recently recalled the framers of the so-called "people's constitution", or the 1997 charter, who thought decentralisation of administration could help tackle the problem of vote-buying and corruption.
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.
PM faces harsh decisions as government starts to creak
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/07/2015
» Former Pheu Thai Party leader Chaturon Chaisaeng says it is now too late for a cabinet reshuffle as the country's economy has turned so bad that it is beyond repair even if a a few under-performing ministers were to be dumped.
A reprieve, so they can continue to plunder?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/07/2015
» Chambers of commerce in some coastal provinces have asked the government for a two-month reprieve for the owners of thousands of illegal fishing boats now moored at ports and jetties unable to meet the IUU fishing rule.
Illegal fishermen money-hungry hypocrites
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/06/2015
» From July 1 hundreds of fishing boats, most of them unregistered, will stop operating in the face of a government crackdown on illegal fishing. Any fishing vessel caught working without an operating licence faces a fine of up to 100,000 baht.
Forgiveness depends on admitting rice scheme flaws
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/01/2015
» Are you ready? Are you ready Thai people?
One year on, still no sign of reconciliation
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/01/2015
» A year ago, on Jan 13, the "Shutdown Bangkok" campaign was launched by the People’s Democratic Reform Committee, its aim to cripple the government of then-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and to force it out of office.
Another 'honest mistake', really?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/10/2014
» Over a decade ago the Constitutional Court famously found that then prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra made an "honest mistake" in finding him not guilty of assets concealment by a vote of 8:7. Two of the eight votes which ruled Thaksin not guilty in 2001 came from sitting judges who abstained from voting.