• OPINION

  Asset declaration law angers academics

  News, Editorial, Published on 11/11/2018

  » A new regulation issued by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) that requires university council members to declare their assets and liabilities has drawn mixed reactions.

• OPINION

  Fair poll goal within reach

  News, Editorial, Published on 24/01/2019

  » As the royal decree for the general election has been issued, the countdown for the country's return to democracy has officially begun.

• OPINION

  Come clean on drug past

  News, Editorial, Published on 11/09/2019

  » Yesterday, as he denied an Australian press report on his previous conviction for heroin trafficking in Sydney in the 1990s, Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Capt Thamanat Prompow, also urged Thais not to dwell on the past and put the matter of his record to rest.

• OPINION

  Amend the Sangha Act

  News, Editorial, Published on 15/01/2016

  » While Thai Buddhism is plagued with many problems, the controversy over the supreme patriarch nomination underscores the crux of the matter -- the Sangha law that perpetuates a closed and autocratic clergy.

• OPINION

  It's time to pass the baton

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/08/2023

  » Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha seems to be in a good mood recently, exuding the air of a detached ruler who has finally realized it is time for him to leave.

• OPINION

  All eyes on PM vote motion

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/08/2023

  » Society is holding its breath as the Constitutional Court will decide today if it will accept for deliberation -- or reject -- a petition by the Ombudsman regarding the use of the parliamentary meeting rules to reject the renomination of Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat as prime minister.

• OPINION

  Fair's fair in share game

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/06/2023

  » The case of media share ownership is returning to haunt Thai politics -- especially the Move Forward Party (MFP).

• OPINION

  Minority govt perils

  News, Editorial, Published on 08/05/2023

  » The issue of a potential minority government forming after the upcoming election has garnered public attention and criticism following recent remarks by Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, acknowledging the possibility in theory.

• OPINION

  EC needs to shape up

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/02/2023

  » The National Anti-Corruption Commission's (NACC) ruling on Monday that found Nat Laosisawakul, former secretary-general of the Election Commission (EC), negligent over the late arrival of 1,542 advance votes from Thai citizens in New Zealand before the March 24, 2019 election, has shone a light on the performance of the EC and its effect on the health of democracy in Thailand.

• OPINION

  PM's advisers aplenty

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/01/2023

  » As the end of the government's term approaches, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha appears not to be busy winding things up. Instead, he keeps adding new aides to his team at the Thai Koo Fah building.

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