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Kicking up a stink puts new charter at risk
Oped, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 30/04/2015
» A fascinating quote popped up last week that sums up the state of health, and is perhaps a foreboding of the fate, of the country's mother of all rule books — the constitution.
Judicial precedent 'needed' to prevent coups
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 22/05/2022
» Today eight years ago the military did what many feared it would do -- engineer the coup that toppled the Pheu Thai Party-led government. Naming itself the National Council for Peace and Order, the coup maker argued it had to seize power to break the legal and political impasse. To its critics, there can never be justification for usurping power.
The charter's devil is in its fuzzy details
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 15/02/2016
» When we read the almost-finalised draft charter, do we see the leaves, the tree, or the forest?
Fanning the flames of segregation
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 28/02/2014
» Never before have we had a caretaker government so embattled, leaving the country so rudderless.
Our system is a democracy of lesser evils
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 20/12/2013
» A friend of mine who is not so fond of Suthep Thaugsuban has chastised the former Democrat Party strongman for having successfully raised an army of supporters to give the Pheu Thai Party a run for its money.
Perception of democracy can be hazy
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 03/01/2013
» Democracy is certainly not about everyone being free to get what they want and as much as they want. If everyone can lay their hands on everything they want there will be anarchy.
Respect the constitution's spirit
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 22/11/2012
» It looks rather likely that we will be at loggerheads once again over the perennially unfinished charter amendment business.