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Is choosing Section 7 the right option?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 10/12/2013
» Triggering Section 7 of the constitution may be a possible option to address the current political crisis, but it will be as good as Thailand admitting to the world that we are a failed state.
Please do the right thing, madam PM
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 03/12/2013
» Dear Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, I am not a big fan of your government, nor am I a follower of Suthep Thaugsuban's Muan Maha Prachachon, or the Greatest Mass Uprising.
Democracy lies with the people, not the court
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/11/2013
» I have no questions about the part of the Constitution Court's ruling last week which said that parliament went about amending the charter improperly, not according to the due process of the law that stipulates how this job should have been carried out.
Govt needs to own up to its amnesty error
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 12/11/2013
» Barbed wire, barriers and police lineups have become a familiar sight. The issues that have divided people, pitted different groups against the government and against one another are the same old ones, pivoting around former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
'Big Brother' plays high odds in bill gambit
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 05/11/2013
» In a recent interview with Post Today newspaper, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said that as a businessman, he understands give-and-take as part and parcel of negotiations.
Amnesty bill's timing is perfect for Thaksin
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/10/2013
» Some people are wondering why the Pheu Thai Party has chosen now as the time to push for a blanket amnesty bill to "burst through a dead-end alley".
Forget politics and fight for what's right
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 22/10/2013
» In my years of working in the news business, the most memorable press conference I have ever attended occurred right after Black May in 1992.
YouTube hit unmasks what we really fear
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 01/10/2013
» A Thai video has attracted more than 12 million YouTube views, and counting.
Ratchanok the anomaly in our race to bottom
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 20/08/2013
» A common response among Thai people to the victory of badminton ace Ratchanok Intanon at the world championships in Guangzhou last week was: if Thai people put our hearts into doing something, we can't fail.
Caught in web of sex, fungus and audiotape
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/07/2013
» If Deputy Defence Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapa can get hold of some chong cao or caterpillar fungus now, he might want to take a double dose and stand up to the storm of doubt surrounding a YouTube audio clip with openness and valour.