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Prohibition no cure
News, Postbag, Published on 01/06/2020
» Re "Why futile wars on drugs persist," Editorial, June 1.
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.
Constitutional perks
News, Postbag, Published on 04/02/2020
» The recent article re the ombudsmen's perks falls neatly into line with the similar perks granted to the judiciary which are perfectly explained in a very accurate assessment of recent Thai politics by the Cambridge University Press who articulated that "Meechai's constitution is designed to give more concrete power to an unelected elite minority -- the army, the judiciary and 'independent' organisations". It goes on to suggest that " the voters' electoral mandate will be less meaningful in deciding who should govern.
Feast of metaphors
News, Postbag, Published on 08/11/2019
» Re: "Rowing in the same boat", (BP, Nov 6). I was charmed by the rich feast of metaphors produced by Chinese premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as they signed the three memoranda of understanding. It was enough to send this dried-up old connoisseur of great rhetoric into raptures of pre-orgasmic ecstasy.
Check his credentials
News, Postbag, Published on 14/09/2019
» Re: "Thamanat wins PM's backing", (BP, Sept 11). As a reformist, Prime Minister Pra-yut Chan-o-cha should quickly verify Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Capt Thamanat Prompow's claims that he didn't (a) plead guilty to charges of drug trafficking in Australia and (b) didn't serve a four-year jail sentence for his crime, thus disqualifying him from office.
Enforcement first
News, Postbag, Published on 03/08/2019
» Re: "Need for speed will not help solve gridlock", (Opinion, Aug 2).
Unacceptable attitude
News, Postbag, Published on 30/07/2019
» Re: "Politics returns to childish ways", (Opinion, July 29). I agree with Veera Prateepchaikul that the joint sitting of the Lower House and the Senate during the debate over the government's policy statement last week was spiritless and extremely boring as most MPs -- young and old -- displayed unacceptable behaviour.
Suchatvee linked to City Hall
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/07/2019
» Suchatvee Suwansawat, president of King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), has remained coy over a possible run for Bangkok governor later this year, yet his flood control strategy is the kind of policy upon which campaigns are built.
Preserving 'Thainess'
News, Postbag, Published on 04/07/2019
» Re: "Differing paradigm", (PostBag, July 2).
Differing paradigm
News, Postbag, Published on 02/07/2019
» Re: "Brainwasher-in-chief", (PostBag, June 29).