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Decisive leadership from Democrats is needed
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/11/2013
» It was a gross miscalculation by fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, aka the Man in Dubai, that the protesting crowd at Samsen railway station would number at most 10,000. Apparently, the Man in Dubai and his cronies at home have underestimated the strength of public resistance to the blanket amnesty bill and to the man himself.
Old cars aren't the problem on city streets
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/10/2013
» There is an old southern Chinese saying which goes along these lines: "When one’s stomach is full, he or she has nothing to do and, therefore, starts looking for trouble."
Army, NSC miles apart on peace talks
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/03/2013
» There is a clear lack of unity between the army and the National Security Council (NSC) on two key issues relating to the first formal peace talk between the government and the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist organisation scheduled in Kuala Lumpur on March 28.
Referendum, really a piece of cake?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/12/2012
» "A piece of cake!" a confident former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra told his adoring red-shirt followers when he described how easy it would be to get the people's approval in the planned referendum on rewriting the entire constitution during his video-linked address at Khao Yai last weekend.
Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/12/2012
» Despite the strong possibility the government may not get the minimum 24 million votes needed in a referendum to rewrite the entire constitution, it appears determined to push ahead with the planned plebiscite.
Facing up to rice error
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/08/2012
» Ammar Siamwalla, the honorary economist at the Thailand Development Research Institute, warned aboutb it back in September last year during his talk at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand.
Pheu Thai's in tactical retreat
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/08/2012
» The Pheu Thai Party is not giving up its attempts to revamp the constitution and bring about its sown version of national reconciliation, even though it has decided to put the four reconciliation bills and the charter amendment bill on hold for the time being.
Communication blame-game helps no one
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/01/2012
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration came under heavy fire by Pheu Thai ministers over its alleged foot dragging in implementing flood prevention projects when the cabinet met last Tuesday. At the meeting, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra urged all relevant agencies responsible for flood prevention to start working immediately and to show some results in two weeks time, otherwise the budgets already allocated to them would be recalled.
New cabinet a small improvement
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/01/2012
» Many ministers got their jobs in Prime Minister Yingluck's first cabinet because of their political connections rather than their competency. Her new lineup looks a bit better with more professionals in the ranks and, probably, a better chance that they will not get a fail mark when their six month performance rating falls due.