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Minefield for Pheu Thai, PM and the King
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/06/2012
» As promised by Parliament President Somsak Kiatsuranont, there was no debate or vote on the constitutional amendment bill on Friday. But Pheu Thai MPs who are in fighting mood took the opportunity to vent their fury against the Constitution Court for blocking their attempt to ram the bill through.
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Stormy post-Lent period awaits in parliament
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/07/2013
» Come Khao Pansa, or Buddhist Lent, Bangkok and most of the country will be bracing for the full force of the rainy season which will provide us with great relief from the hot weather.
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We can't afford another political crisis
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/08/2013
» The war drums have been sounded by both the pro- and anti-Thaksin camps ahead of the parliamentary debate starting Wednesday on the contentious amnesty bill and, probably, the even more explosive reconciliation bill, which would absolve all wrongdoers in political conflicts, including the Man in Dubai
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The government is crippled, and we’re stuck with it
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/03/2014
» It has been more than three months since we have had a functional government. The bad news is, this dysfunctional government will be with us for at least the next three months until a new election is held - that is if it can limp along without having an "accident" which will put an end to it.
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Just old wine in a new bottle
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/04/2014
» Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s latest olive branch to his political opponents is nothing new – it's just sour old wine in a new bottle.
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One final desperate effort after successive failures
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/05/2014
» Victory is so close yet so far away for the People’s Democratic Reform Committee protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban and his supporters. Twice they thought victory was at hand but then it just slipped away.
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Paiboon's effort to clean up prisons deserves support
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/10/2014
» Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya has every reason to feel frustrated with the Corrections Department for its failure to stop drug trafficking from prisons and the smuggling of cellphones for use by imprisoned drug kingpins.
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Maybe we should prepare for the worst
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/07/2015
» Former weatherman Smith Dharmasaroja is well known for his doomsday predictions, such as his forecast in 1998 that a tsunami would hit southwestern Thailand, which actually came true seven years later.
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Waiting for the 'good guy'
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/01/2016
» In his nationwide weekly address last Friday, which was also New Year’s Day, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he would reward himself this year by becoming a "good guy", less talkative and less aggressive with the media.
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Student rallies need careful handling
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/03/2020
» The wave of student "flash mobs" has been spreading fast in Thailand's universities and high schools. It began on the second day after the Constitutional Court on Feb 21 ordered the dissolution of the Future Forward Party (FFP) and banished its executive committee members from politics for 10 years at the Pridi courtyard in Thammasat University, Tha Prachan campus, with a few hundred of students attending.
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