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Election-related bills 'still at risk of being axed'
News, Published on 09/02/2018
» The possibility of the two bills on the election of MPs and selection of senators being scrapped or sent for a Constitutional Court review, which would yet again push back an election, cannot be ruled out, political sources say.
Activists set sail on rising tide of discontent
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 05/02/2018
» After more than three years at the helm, the junta government has mismanaged the country and abused its authority in many areas, and this has acted as a catalyst for the people to come together and voice their disgruntlement, says Anusorn Unno, a core leader of the Thai Academic Network for Civil Rights (TANCR).
Decline and fall
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 04/02/2018
» It now becomes pretty predictable, until the moment of push comes to shove-them-out. The form of the actual end game remains unknown but the beginning has ended, and the end has begun.
Four activists, reporter acquitted in charter vote case
News, Published on 30/01/2018
» RATCHABURI: The provincial court has acquitted four students and a reporter charged with violating the constitutional referendum law in 2016.
Brave the third wave
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 07/01/2018
» The regime is about set to spring the third wave of its plan to extend government by elites. They're careful plans and they seem foolproof. But we will continue to live in interesting times, because not all military attacks proceed as planned.
Abhisit-Chaturon: Bracing for political tumult
Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 03/01/2018
» Concerns are rife whether the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) will abide by the roadmap to election this year after it issued an order requiring party members to confirm their membership and pay fees by May.
The great shifting election date
News, Published on 27/12/2017
» 4A general election, which many believe would see the country return to democracy, has remained elusive as no date has been fixed for the big day.
Prayut fan keeps his distance
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 25/12/2017
» Former senator Paiboon Nititawan, who makes it clear he will set up a political party which will back Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as the next premier after the election, has insisted he is not collaborating with the regime to pursue the move.
Activists' bid for B16m payout fails
News, Published on 31/10/2017
» The South Bangkok Civil Court on Monday dismissed a 16-million-baht compensation suit filed by the New Democracy Movement (NDM) activist group against the Royal Thai Police, army and PM's Office for breaking up one of their gatherings.
The Intimidation Game
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 22/10/2017
» The military government has a propaganda unit. People know this, including reporter-people, which includes us, and editor-people. But they still call the chief manipulator of regime propaganda a "government spokesman". A two-star general whose sole task is to justify military actions without ever admitting an error was possible is also, on all front pages and news broadcasts, a military "spokesman".