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Court will have to rule on Abhisit, Suthep's intentions
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 22/12/2012
» Last week the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) levelled a charge of "foreseen intention to cause death to others" against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban during the crackdown on the red shirts in 2010.
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Thais led astray by 'dictatorship of majority'
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 15/12/2012
» 'I cannot see the future for the country unless it can develop much further than at present. Thai people mostly don't understand their own duties, don't respect other people's opinions. Democracy must be engaged with rational discussion, not the dictatorship of the majority," Constitution Court president Wasan Soipisudh said in an interview with Post Today.
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After 80 years, it's time to rethink the past, present and future
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 30/06/2012
» On June 24, 1932, a group of junior military officers and civil servants calling themselves Khanarassadorn (citizen's group) staged a coup to seize power from the absolute monarch and turn the country into a democracy with a constitutional monarch as head of state, noted Post Today.
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Red shirts at each other's throats over 'Uncle SMS' saga
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 19/05/2012
» The death in prison of Ampol Tangnoppakul or "Uncle SMS" from cancer ignited a fierce debate between red shirt academics and red shirt politicians who work for the Pheu Thai Party, noted Post Today.
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Just who is the reconciliation process supposed to serve?
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 31/03/2012
» When the House's national reconciliation committee chaired by Gen Sonthi Boonyaratkalin organised a seminar last week to discuss King Prachadibhok's Institute's research on national reconciliation, several politicians attended the event.
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Democrats on a new tack against Yingluck
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 24/03/2012
» The Democrat Party is temporarily shelving the issue of the constitution rewrite to concentrate on rising prices of goods and fuels, noted Post Today.
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Sudarat quashes rumours of her political return
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 10/03/2012
» On May 30, the 111 Thai Rak Thai executives who were banned from politics for five years along with the party's dissolution by the charter court will be back on the scene. Political observers believe most of these former TRT executives will play a political role again. Among them is Sudarat Keyuraphan, who reputedly remains influential among Pheu Thai's Bangkok MPs.
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Gloves off for constitutional amendment
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 25/02/2012
» The joint meeting between the House of Representatives and the Senate on Thursday was to consider various charter amendment bills with no need to wait to verify all the signatures of citizens who have put their names to a people's amendment bill because to wait for this would take several months, noted Post Today.
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Rising star of the proletariat insists he is no 'amataya'
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 18/02/2012
» Nattawut Saikuar, a self-proclaimed member of the proletariat fighting the elite establishment, himself joined the establishment when he was appointed Deputy Agriculture Minister under the first Yingluck cabinet reshuffle last month.
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Govt faces court challenge to get borrowing decrees scrapped
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 04/02/2012
» The Yingluck Shinawatra government is facing stiff opposition for issuing four emergency decrees to enable the Finance Ministry to borrow extensively for flood recovery, noted Post Today.
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