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The time for a state of emergency is over
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/05/2020
» Despite opposition by pro-democracy academics and opposition parties, the cabinet is likely to endorse the decision of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to extend the state of emergency for another month until the end of June at its meeting tomorrow.
Pheu Thai must fix internal rifts
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/01/2020
» 'Cobras", a term referring to Thai MPs who usually vote in parliament against their party line, reared their ugly heads and hissed on Saturday night during the vote on the government's 3.2-trillion-baht-budget bill for the 2020 fiscal year.
Ill-conceived gambit misfires badly
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/02/2019
» The first question that sprang to my mind on Friday morning when I learned about the pro-Thaksin Thai Raksa Chart Party's nomination of Princess Ubolratana as its sole prime ministerial candidate to the Election Commission was: "What were they thinking?"