• OPINION

  All in to fix charter

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/04/2024

  » Through its endorsement of three referendums that would amend Thailand's entire charter, a proposal that was forwarded by a study panel under Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, the government has now set in motion the charter drafting process. It is looking like it will proceed at a snail's pace.

• OPINION

  Seek casino referendum

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/04/2024

  » If the Srettha government is to proceed with its plan to build entertainment complexes with casinos, it must first seek a referendum.

• OPINION

  Quarries need blasting

  News, Editorial, Published on 22/12/2023

  » The upcoming New Year will be a time for joy and celebrations for most of us, yet several communities in the southern provinces of Pattani and Krabi may not be celebrating as they are busy fighting to save their heritage and ecological system, they say are under threat from quarrying.

• OPINION

  Prioritise charter fix

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/08/2023

  » After three-plus months of political uncertainty, Thailand finally got a new prime minister when Pheu Thai Party candidate Srettha Thavisin won parliamentary approval with 485 votes from a joint sitting of both Houses on Tuesday, with several votes from the Senate. Prompt royal endorsement permits him to kickstart the top job in a very short time.

• OPINION

  Southern discomfort

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/06/2023

  » A mock referendum campaign by a group of Muslim students in the deep South on separatism has triggered panic across the kingdom. The move is highly sensitive and risks breaching Section 1 of the charter which says that Thailand is an indivisible kingdom.

• OPINION

  Vote kindles charter hope

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/11/2022

  » In a conspicuous move, the House of Representatives has renewed efforts to ditch the military-sponsored constitution. Earlier this month, the House unanimously approved by 323:0 votes a motion calling for a referendum on the drafting of a new constitution.

• OPINION

  Conservation over quarries

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/03/2022

  » Environmentalists from Satun province submitted a petition to Unesco and a House panel on land use on Tuesday, asking them to look into rock quarry concessions that they say threaten parts of a Unesco "Global Geopark" established in April 2019.

• OPINION

  War on Amnesty the wrong battle

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/12/2021

  » As a government that was transformed from a military regime, the government hardly has an impressive track record when it comes to protecting human rights, but waging a war against Amnesty International Thailand seems a step too far.

• OPINION

  Blight on democracy

  News, Editorial, Published on 21/06/2021

  » For those who follow Thai politics, there's nothing more interesting than the parliament session to be convened this week.

• OPINION

  Referendum bill is crucial

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/03/2021

  » The delay in the proceedings of the referendum bill last week prompted public concerns over attempts to shoot down the legislation, even though chief government whip Wirach Ratanasate tried to quell such fears.

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