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Unfair on parents
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/08/2025
» Re: "Grade rage rises", (PostBag, Aug 15), "Probe sought into pupil attack on teacher", (BP, Aug, 13) & InBrief, "Defamation" (BP, Aug, 7).
Thai politics back at the brink (again)
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 04/07/2025
» The Constitutional Court's suspension of Paetongtarn Shinawatra from the premiership is déjà vu, exposing a pattern of systematic manipulation and concoction of political outcomes. After so many dissolutions of leading political parties and repeated bans of elected representatives over two decades, it is time to call a spade a spade. Thailand is a faux democracy. Its core foundations constitute an autocratic regime that does not really care about the country's future and the collective will of its people.
Pet ordinance draws backlash
Editorial, Published on 04/05/2025
» The new pet control ordinance issued by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), while necessary, has caused a stir and drawn criticism from animal welfare advocates.
The Senate's image takes another hit
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 22/03/2025
» The rejection of two high-profile picks for the charter court, Siripan Noksuan Sawasdi, a renowned political scientist at Chulalongkorn University, and Chatri Atjananont, a former ambassador, has cast the Senate in a bad light and raised questions about its impartiality.
Absence far too much
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/12/2024
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has missed another general House session in which she was supposed to tell the public how her government was handling national problems.
Srettha Thavisin fell to hidden forces
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 30/08/2024
» Hindsight is likely to place Srettha Thavisin in Thai political annals as a prime minister who tried his best but ultimately succumbed to forces way beyond his control. While his nearly 12-month tenure in office came up short on policy deliverables, it nevertheless reset Thailand's foreign policy projection on Myanmar amid more omnidirectional relations with the major powers.
PM must reflect on fate
News, Editorial, Published on 19/08/2024
» As quick as the wind blows, Thailand has filled the void in leadership following the Constitutional Court's removal of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
Beware the court blip
News, Editorial, Published on 12/08/2024
» This week, politics will be particularly intense as the Constitutional Court is set to deliver its verdict on the case brought by 40 senators seeking to remove Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office.
Thailand's judiciary faces challenges
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 24/05/2024
» Thailand appears to be a country of 70 million, ultimately ruled by an unelected few. This sobering reality was on display when two connected groups of top generals seized power from democratically elected governments in September 2006 and May 2014. Unlike these blatant military coups over the past two decades, at issue now is the power and role of the judiciary. While Thailand has another democratically elected civilian government under Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, the question that needs to be asked is whether the country is effectively under judicial rule.
Deja vu as charter court weighs MFP ban
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 12/01/2024
» It is déjà vu in Thai politics this month as Thailand's biggest elected political party and its leader face Constitutional Court verdicts that could lead to a familiar dissolution and ban. At issue is the political future of Pita Limjaroenrat and the fate of the Move Forward Party (MFP), which he led to a stunning victory at the election last May. However the verdicts come out, they might be perceived by pundits as decided by the political winds of the day.