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Up to Thaksin
News, Postbag, Published on 05/03/2023
» Re: "Parties shed pre-poll blood", (BP, Feb 27).
Reform the military
Oped, Postbag, Published on 25/11/2020
» While some people think what led us here is the dissolution of Future Forward Party (FFP), it really goes back much further, in that the Thai military thinks they have the right to overthrow elected governments on a whim. The Thai military must be reformed (along with so much else in this country) and brought under civilian government control. As long as the current Thai military mindset remains, the merry-go-round will continue unabated. They must also be prosecuted and imprisoned for breaches of moral and ethical conduct.
Three hollow pillars
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/08/2020
» Re: "Why the Thai student movement can't exist", (Opinion, Aug 28).
Not going to happen
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/08/2020
» Re: "No place for bad apples", (Editorial, Aug 14).
Justice? Money talksey talks
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/08/2020
» Re: "Thai justice system overhaul overdue", (Opinion, July 31).
FFP was singled out
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/03/2020
» Re: "It's not just about FFP", (PostBag, March 12). Khun Piya Samyan defends the Constitutional Court dissolving the Future Forward Party, because "it did violate the law regarding acquisition of income". This is about the "rule of law that is equally applied to all". I fully agree with Khun Piya that the law must be applied without fear or favour -- for if not, the government would be weaponising the law to slay its enemies, so to speak.
A double whammy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/03/2020
» Re: “Perfect storm of discontent” (PostBag, March 8).
Stop fearmongering
News, Postbag, Published on 02/03/2020
» I find those letters that try to evoke the fear of communism very depressing. It's sad that some people seem to have forgotten that the last time this fearmongering prevailed, the US and its allies spent trillions of dollars, killed millions of Asians and alienated a good part of the world including many of their own citizens.
Stuck with status quo
News, Postbag, Published on 01/03/2020
» I think the Future Forward Party offered hope that things would change and this government has crushed that hope. It is only natural that young people would feel disappointed and are expressing that disappointment.
Ruling is inconsistent
News, Postbag, Published on 27/02/2020
» I agree with the spirit of the Constitutional Court's verdict on the FFP's loan saga: loans should be considered as contributions. But have the Thai Election Commission or courts previously ruled that loans are, legally speaking, contributions? The Bangkok Post's Feb 21 editorial said: "The EC never ... informed political parties that there are regulations barring them from taking out loans. That's because there are no such rules." Also, if we had such specific and clear rules and laws, our EC and CC would have explicitly based their decisions on them, quoting the section -- but that's not the case.