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Thais led astray by 'dictatorship of majority'
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 15/12/2012
» 'I cannot see the future for the country unless it can develop much further than at present. Thai people mostly don't understand their own duties, don't respect other people's opinions. Democracy must be engaged with rational discussion, not the dictatorship of the majority," Constitution Court president Wasan Soipisudh said in an interview with Post Today.
Why were all the economists silent for so long?
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 18/08/2012
» Nakarn Laohavilai, editor of Post Today, noted that at the beginning of the Pheu Thai government he hardly saw any economists coming out to critique the government's populist policies, which may take the country to the brink of bankruptcy.
Pheu Thai weighs options over charter rewrite bid
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 21/07/2012
» The historic decision of the Constitution Court ended with only a partial victory for the Pheu Thai Party.
Can government survive rising cost of living crisis?
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 12/05/2012
» 'If elected to government, [the party] will not disappoint the people. The first thing we will do is decrease the cost of living. Gasoline 95 will come down by 7.5 baht/litre, gasoline 91 down by 6.7 baht/litre and diesel down by 2.2 baht/litre".
Rational discussion has degenerated, says Phumtham
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 05/05/2012
» Within a few weeks, the 111 former executives of the disbanded Thai Rak Thai Party, the precursor of the Pheu Thai Party, will be freed from their five-year political ban, noted Post Today.
Corruption plagues government's rice-pledging scheme
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 28/04/2012
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said in a recent interview that the government was successful in carrying out its paddy pledging scheme for the main rice crop last year as promised during its election campaign, noted Thai Rath, adding that the administration is now carrying out its pledging scheme for the second rice crop during the dry season.
Democrats on a new tack against Yingluck
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 24/03/2012
» The Democrat Party is temporarily shelving the issue of the constitution rewrite to concentrate on rising prices of goods and fuels, noted Post Today.
Sudarat quashes rumours of her political return
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 10/03/2012
» On May 30, the 111 Thai Rak Thai executives who were banned from politics for five years along with the party's dissolution by the charter court will be back on the scene. Political observers believe most of these former TRT executives will play a political role again. Among them is Sudarat Keyuraphan, who reputedly remains influential among Pheu Thai's Bangkok MPs.
Yingluck's government faces ripples of discontent
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 03/03/2012
» After administering the country for about six months, the Yingluck Shinawatra government is beginning to show signs of internal discord with the resignation of Bandhoon Supakavanich, the prime minister's secretary-general, noted Thai Rath.
Gloves off for constitutional amendment
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 25/02/2012
» The joint meeting between the House of Representatives and the Senate on Thursday was to consider various charter amendment bills with no need to wait to verify all the signatures of citizens who have put their names to a people's amendment bill because to wait for this would take several months, noted Post Today.