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Buffet cabinet and New Thailand
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/01/2012
» About 100 Pheu Thai MPs are lining up, waiting for their turn at a cabinet seat, redolent of a large group of diners eagerly lining up at a buffet table which can seat only 35 people at a time.
An act of expediency or a huge mistake?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/05/2012
» 'There are no real friends nor permanent foes in politics, only shared interests." This popular Thai political saying has been proven true time and again as witnessed in the case between Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin, former coup maker and leader of the one-MP Matibhum Party, and the ruling Pheu Thai Party.
A sensible decision by parliament president
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/06/2012
» Parliament President Somsak Kiatsuranont has taken a step back to avoid a showdown with the Constitution Court. A sensible decision. Now it is the turn of the other parties in the conflict to follow his example, in the best interests of the nation.
No one to mediate for Thaksin
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/06/2012
» Influential social critic Prawase Wasi told the press last week that he would prefer fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to look at Pridi Banomyong, former prime minister and senior statesman, as a role model.
Bhichai Rattakul's unrealised plan
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/08/2012
» Although former Democrat leader Bhichai Rattakul retired from active politics decades ago, he was frustrated by the colour-coded political impasse of the last few years and tried to do something about it - but his own party blocked his efforts.
Chalerm may have got off on the wrong foot
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/10/2012
» 'Reconciliation or challenging for a fight?" So read the headline of Thai Rath's editorial on Saturday, Oct 20, in direct reference to Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung's staging of a "deliberative dialogue" session in Nakhon Ratchsima province next Sunday in a bid to build consensus towards national reconciliation.
Is Sorayuth just a diversion?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/11/2012
» 'Flies will not swarm over other flies." So goes a popular old saying well known within the Thai media which literally means that members of the media will refrain from reporting on the dark sides of their colleagues.
Bhumjaithai's decision not totally unexpected
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/11/2012
» The decision by the Bhumjaithai Party to opt out of the Democrat-initiated censure debate against the government scheduled on Nov 25-27 should not come as a total surprise.
Public still kept in the dark about rice deals
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/11/2012
» Despite the admission by Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong that the rice pledging scheme is problematic and will incur losses which are yet to be assessed, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom remain adamant that the scheme is fine and benefits the farmers.
Behind bars, colour rivals become friends
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/01/2013
» Imagine the following scenario: a hard-core red shirt and an equally hard-core yellow shirt follower are put in the same prison cell together with a rabid dog.