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Thais should become less pragmatic
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 12/08/2016
» So the circus-like referendum came and went. And the vote came down decidedly on the side of the junta government.The constitution drafters and supporters are understandably ecstatic. Their work in drafting the country's supreme law will not go to waste, and, with the public mandate on its side, the junta can now carry on with its national reform agenda and returning the country to a democratic path.
NCPO underestimates activists' strength
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 18/03/2016
» Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, things get worse.
Govt, business alliances silence locals' voices
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 31/01/2015
» The more things change, the more they seem to stay the same. Except, this time, it is even more of the same than before. Let me elaborate.
Public must unite in condemning protest violence
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 28/02/2014
» The summer winds are blowing in just as the political scene has heated up to the extent that no other affairs of state are more urgent now than ensuring peace is restored.
Two feet rout a bad dam plan, trigger reform
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 27/09/2013
» Sasin Chalermlarp, who walked 388km to protest a proposed dam project in Mae Wong National Park, has done more than just spread his anti-dam messages.
Debunking our pathogenic political culture
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 12/04/2013
» Songkran will provide Thais with a brief respite from the horrendous summer heat and the divisive parliamentary debate on proposed constitutional amendments. But when the lawmakers return after the holiday, tempers could rise to boiling point.
Corporations divide villages
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 23/11/2012
» Pitak Siam's call to bring down the government has stoked the fire of political polarisation to new heights.