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A long list of unimpressive achievements
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 22/12/2015
» It’s going to be a jolly talk shop. The government has set aside tomorrow to announce its presumably long list of achievements after two years in power.
Stories end, but so many doubts linger
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/11/2015
» Short stories are in style. Endless tales with the potential to generate long, complicated narratives, characters and ideologies are now being cut short, forced to end abruptly or simply truncated until they carry no real meaning.
Government invites amnesty-style backlash
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 06/10/2015
» Do you know what the hullabaloo over the single internet gateway policy is reminding me of? It makes me think back to the disastrous blanket amnesty policy.
Regime must start leading by example
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 01/09/2015
» Let's start with setting standards for behaviour and sticking to them.
Crisis panel reveals PM's guiding hand
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/08/2015
» Who needs an electoral democracy when there is Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's "roadmap"?
Keep quiet, we're building democracy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 30/06/2015
» Thailand may be short of water now but it is awash in fallacies, chief of which is the notion that arresting 14 anti-coup students will lead to an atmosphere of peace and calmness.
All roads lead to entrenched military rule
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/06/2015
» Whether the new elections are held in August 2016, 2017 or 2020, the polls are losing their game-changing power as the military regime turns all roads to its advantage.
Detention of students will worsen divide
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/05/2015
» The recent arrest of more than 30 university students engaged in peaceful anti-coup protests shows the military regime remains intent on silencing all forms of dissent.
NCPO should fix draft, not hold the fort
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 28/04/2015
» The latest proposal that the next election be delayed to allow the "troubled charter" to be fixed looks like a curve ball in the political game.
CDC offers no panacea for nation's ills
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 31/03/2015
» Every military coup is followed by the drafting of a new constitution, which some people seem to believe would set new rules for politics and make everything better.