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Why are red-shirts so silent on corruption?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/03/2014
» "No to corrupt government" is the message on banners hung from buildings at most state-run hospitals and health offices across the country. This is a public statement by the country’s medical professionals about where they stand on the scourge of corruption during the worst political divide this country has ever experienced.
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Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/11/2012
» Led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the 23 new cabinet appointees were sworn in before His Majesty the King at Siriraj Hospital on Thursday and a special meeting of the cabinet scheduled for today, Friday.
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Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/06/2012
» Confrontation between the Constitution Court and the parliament was narrowly averted when the parliament backed down from challenging the court’s authority. New troubles are brewing for Pheu Thai Party leader Yongyuth Wichaidit and de facto leader Thaksin Shinawatra. And two innocent people shot dead and two others wounded as student gang violence rears its ugly head again.
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Pheu Thai needs to gauge red shirt emotions
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/04/2012
» Last Thursday's visit to Ban Si Sao Theves by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and three of her four deputies _ Yongyuth Wichaidit, Kittirat Na-Ranong and Gen Yutthasak Sasiprapa _ to perform a rod nam dam hua ceremony for Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda offended quite a few red shirts who strongly feel the prime minister's gesture amounts to a kowtowing to the amataya elitist clique represented by the retired general.
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Imprisoned red-shirts merely expendable pawns
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/02/2013
» It should not be surprising that the demand for amnesty for jailed red-shirt protesters has been given the cold shoulder by both the government and the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, because the government's political stability is deemed more important than the plight of the prisoners.
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Chiang Mai reds' strange concept of democracy
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/05/2013
» Chiang Mai’s red-shirts, known as Rak Chiang Mai 51, may not join their fellow reds at a rally planned by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) at Ratchaprasong intersection on Sunday to mark the third anniversary of the May 19, 2010 dispersal of protesters by the military.
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Finally, Dhammakaya's political alliances made clear
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/02/2015
» I really admire the bluntness of Dr Weng Tojirakarn.
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PM shrugs off court's blow to his pride
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/08/2022
» The Constitutional Court's decision to suspend prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha from performing his duties appears to have dealt a big blow to him even though deputy spokeswoman Tipanan Sirichana has insisted he is still the de jure prime minister pending the court's ruling on his term in office expected within a month.
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Impatience costs protest leaders dear
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/11/2021
» Two remanded anti-establishment Ratsadon protest leaders, Panusaya "Rung" Sitthijirawattanakul and Benja Apan, wrote a letter on Friday pleading with the court to grant them bail.
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One year on, still no sign of reconciliation
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/01/2015
» A year ago, on Jan 13, the "Shutdown Bangkok" campaign was launched by the People’s Democratic Reform Committee, its aim to cripple the government of then-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and to force it out of office.
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