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Judicial precedent 'needed' to prevent coups
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 22/05/2022
» Today eight years ago the military did what many feared it would do -- engineer the coup that toppled the Pheu Thai Party-led government. Naming itself the National Council for Peace and Order, the coup maker argued it had to seize power to break the legal and political impasse. To its critics, there can never be justification for usurping power.
Myopic PDRC leaves future uncertain
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 17/04/2014
» A lot of us have managed to stay sane throughout the Songkran festival. But the political fires that were raging well before the holidays couldn’t be doused with a splash of water.
Fanning the flames of segregation
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 28/02/2014
» Never before have we had a caretaker government so embattled, leaving the country so rudderless.
Our system is a democracy of lesser evils
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 20/12/2013
» A friend of mine who is not so fond of Suthep Thaugsuban has chastised the former Democrat Party strongman for having successfully raised an army of supporters to give the Pheu Thai Party a run for its money.
Never-ending demands will kill peace talks
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 25/07/2013
» So, Deputy Prime Minister Pracha Promnok has jumped the gun _ he shouldn't have blundered so badly. Almost a decade of separatist violence certainly won't end overnight. Our peace talks chief Paradorn Pattanatabut acknowledges it and maybe Pol Gen Pracha should speak to him more often.
Fighting the good fight
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 13/07/2013
» There are no grey areas when it comes to fighting corruption, says Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, who calls it "the tiger hounding the rabbit".
Public deserves answers over expo bid failure
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 20/06/2013
» The government has gone quiet over the country's failure to remain in the running to host the 2020 World Expo.
A fair referendum or bust
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 20/12/2012
» Tearing up a constitution is no laughing matter. Without a thorough consultative process, there is a huge risk the charter rewrite efforts will heighten colour-coded conflicts needlessly.
Respect the constitution's spirit
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 22/11/2012
» It looks rather likely that we will be at loggerheads once again over the perennially unfinished charter amendment business.