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People's Party not ready for big league
Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/12/2025
» Alas, the reformist People's Party (PP) has shot itself in the foot, once again. The latest botch happened on Dec 11 during the joint sitting of the Senate and the House to vote on the second reading of the charter amendment bill.
Kingdom's top cops set poor example
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/06/2024
» The handling of the bitter feud between two heavyweights of the Royal Thai Police, Torsak Sukivimol and Surachate Hakparn, aka Big Joke, by a prime minister-appointed committee led by Chatchai Promlert is typical of a Thai style of conflict resolution that reflects the "mai pen rai" and "forget about it" attitude, despite the core issue being the integrity and honesty of the two officers.
MFP must dare to rebuke dubious deals
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/03/2024
» Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's first foreign visitor since his release on early parole from Police General Hospital on Feb 18 was Cambodian Supreme Privy Council President Hun Sen.
Mingkwan drops bombshell on party
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/12/2022
» Mingkwan Saegsuwan, former deputy prime minister and commerce minister, dropped a bombshell on the very first day that he was presented to the media by Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, leader of the Palang Pracharath Party, as a new member and possibly head of its economic team.
Govt trips up in handling of Chana row
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/12/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has unwittingly opened up the old wounds between him and former Deputy Agriculture Minister Thamanat Prompow, currently secretary-general of the core government party, Palang Pracharath (PPRP).
Backstabbing mars test kits debate
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/08/2021
» When the first two Delta variant cases were detected in Thailand from a Thai woman and her four-year old child returning from Pakistan in May, no one would have thought the fast-spreading Covid-19 strain would conquer Thailand in just three months.
The on-again, off-again magic jabs deal
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/08/2021
» The show must go on. This maxim may explain the reason why Dr Boon Vanasin, chairman of Thonburi Healthcare Group, came out again on Aug 3 to talk to the Thai media with a new claim that he was in the process of signing a deal with the Defence Ministry to procure an unspecified amount of the mRNA Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for import into Thailand.
Govt jab management fails to hit home
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/06/2021
» Most critics sum up Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha government's performance in the management of vaccines procurement with one simple word: "suck". I couldn't agree more with that harsh summation and there is no need to further amplify that utter failure.
Vaccine buy bears up to scrutiny
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/01/2021
» Thank you Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the Progressive Movement, for helping shed the light on the initiative of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in the founding of a pharmaceutical firm, Siam Bioscience, 12 years ago, which was not widely known among Thais outside medical circles.
Rent-free home least of PM's woes
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/11/2020
» 'What's did I do wrong?" asked Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha recently in the wake of boisterous calls by opposition parties and anti-establishment protesters for him to step down.