• OPINION

  Regime plays familiar game to retain grip

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 29/04/2018

  » The once invincible Pheu Thai Party is facing one of the toughest times in its history as the military-led government looks to use the very tactic that it deployed over the past decade to make sure that it returns to the helm after the elections.

• OPINION

  Regime had time, but they blew it

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 01/04/2018

  » Former prime minister siblings Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra seem to have hit a nerve once again with their visit to Japan this week, where the former premier said he expects the Pheu Thai Party to sweep the polls -- if and when they are held.

• OPINION

  All signs point to an election

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 17/12/2017

  » The messages coming from the men in uniform and those who helped them seize power are all positive. It makes democracy lovers such as myself feel a little more secure that after failing to deliver its promises for the past few years, the military government could hold an election in November 2018.

• OPINION

  Democracy puts limits on protests

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 24/09/2017

  » Just over a decade ago, friends knew they had to go to either Sanam Luang or Siam Square to find me after work. I was not there selling goods on the pavements, but instead I was being the typical democratic-minded youth looking for fairness from the government that I had not voted for.

• OPINION

  Liu's case has lesson for Thailand

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 16/07/2017

  » Late on Thursday, China and its actions caught the attention of the world community when it was announced that 2010 Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo had passed away at 61 after losing his fight with liver cancer.

• OPINION

  Rail project right on time for election

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 18/06/2017

  » The government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha late into the week came out to say Section 44 will be used to expedite the construction of the long-delayed 252-kilometre railway linking Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima.

• 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

  Army needs to learn to be neutral

  News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 26/03/2017

  » The Prayut Chan-o-cha government's plans to forge reconciliation in the country seem to be falling flat after the Pheu Thai party came out to denounce the committee put in charge of the process.

• 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.

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