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An instance in time is a curse for Yingluck
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 11/11/2013
» There is one particular minute that indisputably defines Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's stance on corruption.
Hun Sen can't expect help from Thaksin
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 19/08/2013
» 'Hello Thaksin, this is Hun Sen calling. I might need you back to be my adviser again. It's serious.''
Yingluck must be an MP and the PM
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 12/08/2013
» Yingluck Shinawatra is not only the prime minister, she is also a member of parliament. The problem is that she seems to enjoy her premiership status and does not care much about being a member of parliament, although her name tops the roll call of Pheu Thai's party-list representatives.
Karun should foot bill for fight to replace him
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 13/05/2013
» The flying-kick man deserved to be floored by the Supreme Court. But Karun Hongsakul's patch is still a difficult one for the Democrats to crack, even as the man himself is forced to watch the by-election for his old seat in Don Muang from the sidelines.
When national politics is a family affair
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 25/03/2013
» Two is not always better than one. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra knows that but she has to live with it.
Battle lines are now drawn for governor poll
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 14/01/2013
» It is not a do-or-die situation yet for the Democrat Party. But it is getting close to it. The race for Bangkok governor will either be a psychological boost or a blow.
Coach Newin still gets a political kick
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 15/10/2012
» Newin was up. Newin was down. And football-y and politically speaking, Newin Chidchob will never be out.
Dirty tricks campaigns
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 01/10/2012
» Times change. But old political tactics never die. What really happened days before Pheu Thai Party chief Yongyuth Wichaidit's decision to step down from the cabinet substantiates this point.
Musical chairs at NSC
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 24/09/2012
» Four years and three different chiefs. Is the National Security Council in the same boat as the Transport and Education ministries: another political victim?
The impossible and the improbable
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 17/09/2012
» Politics is always unpredictable. Who could ever have imagined that the first female prime minister of Thailand would be Yingluck Shinawatra? Her name was never even mentioned in the farthest corners of political thinking years ago when the pundits were trying to guess who would make this moment of history. Instead, it was high-profile lawmakers like Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan or Khunying Supatra Masdit who were on everyone's lips.