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Paetongtarn must avoid past trends
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/10/2023
» It came as no surprise that Paetongtarn Shinawatra, former prime minister Thaksin's youngest daughter, was overwhelmingly voted as the new leader of the Pheu Thai Party on Friday.
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Edging towards a moment of truth
Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/08/2023
» It appears that Thailand may, finally, have its 30th prime minister after the joint sitting of the House and Senate tomorrow -- after a general election that took place three months ago on May 14 -- if everything goes smoothly. That is what many people, the private sector in particular, are expecting. But uncertainty still prevails.
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Stakes high as Prayut switches parties
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/12/2022
» Finally, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announced on Friday his decision to join the Ruam Thai Sang Chart, or United Thai Nation (UTN) party, to become its first choice candidate for the premiership at the next election.
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PM has aces up his sleeve ahead of poll
Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/11/2022
» With the Apec Summit over, the focus from now on is Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and two issues. The first is when will he join a political party to contest the next election and the second is when will he dissolve the House of Representatives.
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Expansive gestures from hopeful leaders
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/01/2022
» Exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra appears to be more confident of his chances of returning home triumphantly this year.
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FFP makes waves for better and worse
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/04/2019
» The achievement of the Future Forward Party (FFP) in the March 24 general election is phenomenal, if not unprecedented.
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Selfless heroism, hazing idiocy
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/02/2016
» Remember that beautiful story of the Krabi fisherman who instinctively went to the rescue of two elderly Norwegian bird watchers stuck in thick mud, throwing himself face down in the muck so they could free themselves.
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Thaksin moans, but it is he who must change
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/12/2013
» Two days before the People's Democratic Reform Committee's battle royale against the Thaksin regime today, a message was posted on the Thaksin Fan Facebook page, supposedly by the exiled former prime minister himself.
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No shame about lying
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/09/2012
» When parliament president Somsak Kiatsuranont said on Thursday that he might visit China to attend a provincial trade exposition instead of taking a "study" tour of western Europe which was heavily criticised by the press, I was foolishly misled into thinking that he really felt guilty about spending seven million baht of taxpayers' money on a junket which includes watching an English Premier League soccer match.
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Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/09/2012
» The final report on the political turbulance in April and May 2010 was released by Kanit na Nakorn's truth commission and, as anticipated, was heavily criticised, especially by red-shirts and the Pheu Thai Party; and Parliament President Somsak Kiatsuranont was spotlighted for using seven million baht of taxpayers' money to take a large group of his staff and pro-government media people on a junket to Europe.
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