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An act of expediency or a huge mistake?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/05/2012
» 'There are no real friends nor permanent foes in politics, only shared interests." This popular Thai political saying has been proven true time and again as witnessed in the case between Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin, former coup maker and leader of the one-MP Matibhum Party, and the ruling Pheu Thai Party.
Any step to end attacks is worth considering
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/04/2012
» Did deposed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra meet key members of the Pattani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo) for talks?
A very long road to reconciliation
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/03/2012
» The pro-Thaksin and anti-Thaksin camps remain oceans apart on the cause of today's political conflict and on several other issues, the charter rewrite, amnesty and Thaksin among others - but the country surely deserves a break from the Thaksin issue.
Prawat slaps Santi's face to try and save face
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/03/2012
» Face saving is an important issue in Thai society, especially if that face belongs to somebody who feels he or she has a high social status. That is why Social Development and Human Security Minister Santi Prompat got himself into trouble when he failed to save the face of Prawat Uttamote, a list MP of the Pheu Thai Party, when the former decided to remove the latter's elder sister, Panita Kamphu na Ayutthaya, the permanent secretary of social development and human security, from her post. She swapped posts with Wichien Chavalit, an adviser to the Prime Minister's Office, which is regarded as an inactive post.
A loose tongue, the charter, and reconciliation
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/03/2012
» Pheu Thai list MP Watthana Muangsuk found himself in trouble for saying something to the media that he was not supposed to discuss in public. So he had to make a retraction and, naturally, accused the reporter of getting it all wrong.
Buffet cabinet and New Thailand
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/01/2012
» About 100 Pheu Thai MPs are lining up, waiting for their turn at a cabinet seat, redolent of a large group of diners eagerly lining up at a buffet table which can seat only 35 people at a time.