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Draft charter built on shaky foundations
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 03/03/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is not the only one in town who can get angry.
Bring on an election, not more hot air
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/02/2015
» Will all political conflicts, everything that we have disagreed and fought over, disappear if PM Prayut Chan-o-cha sits down and talks them over with former PM Thaksin Shinawatra?
Regime strives to keep trump election hand
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/01/2015
» The impeachment of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has revealed the immediate future of Thai politics.
Recipe for reform risks turning sour
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/12/2014
» The New Year is almost upon us and we should get ready for a hodgepodge of a party.
Wielding too much power can backfire
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/11/2014
» So what’s next? Banning The Hunger Games: Mockingjay from being screened here? Summoning Jennifer Lawrence for coming up with the three-finger salute that could provoke a real-life rebellion in “District Thailand?” Forcing people to listen to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s monotonous briefings all day long?
Beautifying charter won’t mask its faults
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/11/2014
» Let's not mince words. What is the point of trying to dress the drafting of the new charter in grandiose clothes with decorations such as public input, national referendum or legitimacy when the entire process has not been so beautiful?
Prayuth must ignore urge to suppress
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 03/06/2014
» If Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha reads or watches The Hunger Games, he would know that what triggered the “revolution” is not the three-finger salute. It’s the public execution of an old man who first responded to the sign.
Moving back from the edge while we can
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 13/05/2014
» It doesn't take outsiders at The Economist, CNN or Financial Times to point out that Thailand is on the brink.
With bankrupt visions, Suthep, govt face ruin
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/01/2014
» Considering how things are going, I believe both caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban are convinced they can see light at the end of the tunnel.
Will these new seminars bring about change?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/12/2013
» As Thailand stands on the verge of a volatile political confrontation with the potential to tip into a crisis at any time, what does the country's leadership do?