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  • OPINION

    Time to end Bangkok's feudalistic control

    Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 26/09/2013

    » This week the cabinet approved the nationwide annual reshuffle of provincial governors, involving 31 appointments - signalling that times may have changed but feudal practices remain. Thai feudalism wears many faces, the issue discussed in this article is but one.

  • OPINION

    The mysterious men in black

    Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 11/04/2013

    » When analysing politics we should connect the dots as far as the dots (or our intellect) go, rather than stop at whichever dot satisfies our moral righteousness and ignore the rest. And we should be mindful of imaginary dots

  • OPINION

    Quick-fix political remedies set us back years

    Oped, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 14/05/2018

    » News media described it as a "shock", an "upset" and a "political earthquake" among other things. Few, if any, predicted it or expected it. But alas, the seemingly invincible populist regime with the mass working class as its support base is defeated in the national election. The victor? An opposition that's historically backed by the traditional establishment and urban elite.

  • THAILAND

    Jatuporn in - at Yingluck's expense?

    Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 20/03/2014

    » Nearly two years ago, sitting from across the table, I listened to Jatuporn Prompan complained about being sidelined from the cabinet by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

  • OPINION

    Time for factions to show true colours

    News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 03/11/2013

    » The concert halls, entertainment shows, rallies and other various activities; the instruments, cameras, screens and sound systems _ all this and much more. Who paid for it all?

  • OPINION

    Welcome to Thakland

    Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 22/08/2013

    » Amnesty is so last week. It will come back again. But this week is all about the proposed change to the way senators are selected, which down the road could very well lead to a democratic dictatorship of "Thakland".

  • OPINION

    Don't make senate a family affair

    News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 25/08/2013

    » Let's entertain the idea that's generating so much talk and controversy around the country, the amendment of the law on how senators are selected. If we are to change a law, there ought to be a benchmark, and that benchmark should be the principles of democracy.

  • OPINION

    We need more than a superficial makeover

    News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 29/09/2013

    » Throwing subsidies around isn't going to turn stupidity into intelligence. Building fancy toys like high-speed trains isn't going to turn superficiality into sensibility. Giving lip service to democracy while practising feudalism isn't exactly democratic development, either.

  • OPINION

    Put your country first, before politics

    Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 11/07/2013

    » The controversial audio tape of what appears to be Deputy Defence Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapa and Thaksin Shinawatra engaging in a supposedly naughty conversation may be grabbing all the attention right now, but let’s not forget yesterday’s news, the rice pledging scheme, just because there’s a fresh, sexy headline.

  • OPINION

    Democracy loses in halls of parliament

    News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 21/04/2013

    » In theory, a democratic nation is governed by three branches: the executive, judicial and the parliamentary or legislative. In Thailand's reality, the country is governed formally by those three institutions, but also informally by two other institutions, the military and what we shall term as the "old establishment".

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