• OPINION

  Broken vows test patience to the limit

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 28/01/2018

  » The military government has managed to break yet another promise as its proteges who go by the name of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) last week passed a bill that could delay the long-promised general election by another 90 days.

• OPINION

  Security is paramount at airports

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 13/08/2017

  » The past week has been an eventful one filled with so many issues one can pick to write about -- the one-month ban for red shirt-linked Peace TV, our highly effective Royal Thai Police finally managing to translate the charges against Red Bull scion Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya, and the long waits for tourists at both Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports.

• OPINION

  Dismal EC needs people with ethics

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 04/06/2017

  » The move by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) to possibly remove the current members of the Election Commission (EC) comes as a surprise to many in the country. The NLA has proposed that the five commissioners, appointed under the defunct 2007 constitution, vacate their posts after the new EC organic law comes into effect.

• OPINION

  VAT increase low on govt priorities

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 21/05/2017

  » The rubber-stamp parliament of the coup leaders gave Thai people yet another scare over the past week when it announced it was looking to raise value-added tax (VAT) by another percentage point.

• BUSINESS

  IVL sees larger footprint in Turkey

  Business, Umesh Pandey, Published on 15/05/2017

  » Corlu, Turkey: SET-listed Indorama Ventures Plc (IVL), one of the world's leading producers of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), anticipates its operations in Turkey will continue to flourish after a recent referendum helped ease concerns about potential political conflicts, says a senior executive.

• OPINION

  Submarine deal has no mandate

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 30/04/2017

  » Over the next 24 hours we all are going to hear the Royal Thai Navy come clean with its procurement procedure for the secretly negotiated deal to procure three submarines -- and I for one am not holding my breath to hear anything earth-shattering.

• OPINION

  Time ripe for PM to revisit amnesty plan

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 06/01/2017

  » After having been rejected and buried many times, the idea of granting an amnesty to those involved in political violence in past years has emerged again. This time the bid comes from Suchon Chaleekrea, a member of the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA), who proposes an amnesty be granted to those charged with minor offences during political unrest, excluding major crime and lese majeste offenders.

• OPINION

  Caught in a messy web of S44 orders

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 30/09/2016

  » On Wednesday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha graciously decided he was going to come to the Bangkok Post Forum which until the last minute was looking a little dicey due to some hiccups at Government House at the start of the week.

• OPINION

  Regime drops ball on 'return to peace'

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 18/08/2016

  » As the country marks the first anniversary of one of the deadliest bombings in the capital a year ago, many people are asking questions of the government led by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).

• OPINION

  Prayut better off avoiding political fray

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 11/08/2016

  » Less than 48 hours after the preliminary referendum results were announced, those in power appear to have started changing their minds and are now silent on whether they would return to the top position in the government if and when elections are held.

1 2 3 4 Next Last