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Not only protesters, the farmers too
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/12/2013
» The festive season is already here with the New Year just a week away and many office workers anxiously anticipating their year-end bonus. Even government officials are to get a bonus – thanks to the extraordinary generosity of the government and despite the fact that it is broke.
Demand for a less-flawed democracy
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/12/2013
» New York Times Southeast Asia correspondent Thomas Fuller has quite an impressive profile. He has reported from Asia since 1997 when several countries, including Thailand, suffered financial meltdown. He covered the US invasion of Iraq, the Arab Spring and the list goes on and on.
Election can be postponed to consider political changes
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/12/2013
» It is understandable why most civil servants did not stage a work stoppage in response to protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban's call for civil disobedience against the government. Or why they did not join the anti-government protests even after office hours.
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).
Yingluck can't duck responsibility for protest fatalities
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/12/2013
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is infamous for skipping responsibility and for remaining aloof from state affairs that she is supposed to be in charge of.
Why respect the law if the govt doesn't?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/11/2013
» The government’s expansion of the enforcement of the Internal Security Act to cover all of Bangkok and Nonthaburi and Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan and Pathum Thani’s Lat Lum Kaew district is meaningless, as it has already been defied by thousands and thousands of protesters
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 sud soi, a term used by its master, self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
The absurdity of criminalising whistle blowing
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/11/2013
» Blowing a whistle as a symbol of protest or civil disobedience is not just trendy in the current tense political climate, it has also become a contentious legal issue.