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The election aftermath will be a big mess to clean up
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/02/2014
» The government managed to stage on schedule the election that it had wanted so badly with the dream that it would usher the Pheu Thai Party into office for another term. But yesterday's election was one that this country has never seen the likes of before, and it will go down in history as the most violent, most messy and most opposed by the people.
Political thugs on the rampage
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/01/2014
» It is understandable that the military top brass has not openly responded to a plea by protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban to send troops to protect demonstrators because he and his followers do not trust the police, and rightfully so.
Government's prospects are looking bleak
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/01/2014
» It appears the government is keen to blame everyone else _ among them the Election Commission and the People's Democratic Reform Committee _ for its broken promises to pay the farmers for their harvests pledged with the government since October, the beginning of rice pledging scheme for the 2o13-14 second crops.
Election not the issue, it's when
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/12/2013
» It should be made clear from the outset that most of the people who took to the streets in two mass protests against the government and the Thaksin regime, on Nov 24 and Dec 9, and those who regularly join the rallies at the Democracy Monument and nearby are not against an election as a matter of principle.
Are you are a Thai Choey too?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/11/2013
» The current popular uproar manifested in street protests and the countless messages posted in the social media is not just about the blanket amnesty bill.
Indictment sets bad legal precedent
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/10/2013
» My prediction that the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) would not press murder charges against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban, as recommended by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), was clearly wrong.
Tense times as revised amnesty bill awaits
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/10/2013
» The move in parliament on Friday when Pheu Thai MPs managed to push a new version of an amnesty through the 35-member House panel vetting the amnesty bill resembles what I would call a "silent coup".
Old cars aren't the problem on city streets
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/10/2013
» There is an old southern Chinese saying which goes along these lines: "When one’s stomach is full, he or she has nothing to do and, therefore, starts looking for trouble."
Charter ruling favours Pheu Thai for now
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/10/2013
» The ruling Pheu Thai Party and its ally, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, or the red shirt movement, have always held the Constitution Court in deep mistrust and contempt for being biased against them.
One slip, and charter row erupts again
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/09/2013
» With its majority in the House, the support of its allies in the Senate and the fact that both the Senate and House speakers are its own men, the ruling Pheu Thai Party thought its charter amendment bill seeking to overhaul the composition of the upper chamber would sail through, with the opposition providing only nuisance value along the way.