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Corruption award goes to rice scheme
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/01/2014
» It's the mother of all corruption cases, those phantom government-to-government rice deals.
There are too many doubts over the Feb 2 election
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/12/2013
» The Democrat Party's decision on Saturday to boycott the Feb 2 election is understandable. It is pointless to contest a poll which will lead it nowhere, except back into the same political quagmire that beset the country before the election.
Election not the issue, it's when
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/12/2013
» It should be made clear from the outset that most of the people who took to the streets in two mass protests against the government and the Thaksin regime, on Nov 24 and Dec 9, and those who regularly join the rallies at the Democracy Monument and nearby are not against an election as a matter of principle.
Surapong’s recipe for more trouble
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/12/2013
» Thursday night’s candlelight ceremony at Sanam Luang to celebrate His Majesty the King’s 86th birthday led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was shown live by all free-to-air TV stations and attracted a big crowd, mostly government officials - but it was less than half the story.
Surapong's appointment to Capo confirms Thaksin's in charge
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/12/2013
» It seems self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is indirectly commanding the police operations to deal with the protesters, with the appointment of his trusted man to take charge of the Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (Capo).
People of Thailand are 'crying for change'
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/11/2013
» Allow me to borrow some of US President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign slogans on the theme of change. "Vote for Change", "Change We Can Believe In", "Our Time for Change", "It's about Time. It's about Change", "Stand for Change", or "Organise for Change".
Pheu Thai on reckless, dangerous, path
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/11/2013
» The ruling Pheu Thai Party is in a hurry, as if there is no tomorrow. So the party released all the brakes and went into overdrive at full throttle or <i>sud soi</i>, a term used by its master, self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Yingluck must apologise to the people
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/11/2013
» The mood of quite a few protesters has clearly gone beyond the blanket amnesty issue. The shouts of "Yingluck get out" that resonated at every protest site – Samsen railway station, Silom, Asoke intersection and Ratchadamnoen – along with the ear-deafening whistle blowing are indicative of the mood.
Tipping point nears as protesters wet whistles
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/10/2013
» Come November, the political temperature is likely to reach boiling point _ if not breaking point. The war drums which were earlier sounded by various political groups opposed to the revised amnesty bill will soon be replaced by real action - mass protests, as threatened.
Tense times as revised amnesty bill awaits
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/10/2013
» The move in parliament on Friday when Pheu Thai MPs managed to push a new version of an amnesty through the 35-member House panel vetting the amnesty bill resembles what I would call a "silent coup".