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Future Forward Party makes fearless stand for principles
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 19/10/2019
» The Future Forward Party's (FFP) decision to vote against the executive decree to place two important military units under royal command represented a huge risk.
EC stalling to finagle party list formula
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 20/04/2019
» Just before the March 24 election, several members of the Election Commission (EC) took what they called a "study trip" to Europe and the US.
Why Thanathorn makes PPRP uneasy
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 02/03/2019
» The fate of the Thai Raksa Chart Party (TRC) will be known when the Constitutional Court delivers its ruling on March 7.
Double standards with TRC ban bid
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 16/02/2019
» The twin hammers that pummelled Thai Raksa Chart Party (TRC) and Voice TV have left the Thaksin Shinawatra camp reeling. Could it be a fatal blow for the Pheu Thai-led coalition? That’s what many are waiting to see with bated breath.
History doesn't bode well for Prayut
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 02/02/2019
» It's been nearly five years under military dictatorial rule, and now finally the Thais will go to the polls for the first time on March 24.
Protest marks symbolic victory for activists
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 26/05/2018
» The show of force by the police on Tuesday makes me wonder: Between the junta and the demonstrators, who is afraid of whom?
Prayut's questions attract ridicule, not input
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 16/06/2017
» Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha's proposed four questions must have many people stumped. What is he thinking? What's the purpose of posing such questions out of the blue?
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.
Our distorted referendum process
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 01/07/2016
» Great Britain's referendum to leave the EU inevitably has been compared to the upcoming referendum on the newly drafted constitution in Thailand.
Govt adds fuel to fire as resentment builds
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 10/07/2015
» What's all the fuss about the arrest of 14 so-called students who broke the law? Many in social media have expressed their bewilderment.