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The Apec forum won't save PM's election hopes
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/03/2022
» 'Whatever we do is seen by people as stupid." It will be ironic, if this statement, uttered in desperation and resentment probably in equal parts, goes down in history as the famous last words of former coup maker and prime minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Biggest threat to regime is its own thick skin
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 02/05/2017
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) may have been hit hard by the multiple blowback from the pickup truck rule debacle, the secretive submarine deal and the repressive media bill, but what could do the regime in is its political insensitivity.
It's a mess, and it's going to get messier
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 23/02/2016
» The military regime claimed that it had no choice but to seize power in the May 22, 2014 coup because of growing violence following the many years of political conflict.