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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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The absurdity of criminalising whistle blowing
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/11/2013
» Blowing a whistle as a symbol of protest or civil disobedience is not just trendy in the current tense political climate, it has also become a contentious legal issue.
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Old cars aren't the problem on city streets
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/10/2013
» There is an old southern Chinese saying which goes along these lines: "When one’s stomach is full, he or she has nothing to do and, therefore, starts looking for trouble."
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Why pay them pensions?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/09/2013
» A life-long pension of 15,000 baht a month for former lawmakers may not seem a huge amount of money these days, but the handout begs a big question: is it justifiable to continue paying these politicians, who are already better off than most people in this country.
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Law enforcement takes priority over gratitude
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/07/2013
» "I have today because my brother gave it to me." This controversial inscription is on a photograph hanging in the office of Pol Lt-Gen Khamronwit Thoopkrachang. It shows fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra pinning a police rank insignia on the new Metropolitan Police Bureau commissioner’s shoulder in Hong Kong last year.
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World leaders invited, but will anyone heed them?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/08/2013
» A forum on the topic "Uniting for the future: Learning from each other’s experiences" is to be staged by the government in parallel with its planned political reform assembly, which all political stakeholders in this country are being invited to join.
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Clowns in a 'musical chairs' cabinet
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/06/2013
» Pressure is rightfully mounting on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to overhaul her cabinet and to replace incompetent ministers with more capable and professional people to shore up the government's credibility and image.
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Is the government digging its own grave?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/07/2013
» There seems to be no stopping the government in its desperate attempt to push through its most ambitious project, the two trillion baht infrastructure development plan, despite warnings of a huge "trap" that may threaten the government's very survival.
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Thaksin's influence no longer potent
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/04/2024
» The return of Thaksin Shinawatra to Thailand continues to raise questions about the fairness of our justice system.
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Is 10k wallet scheme a political ploy?
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/11/2023
» The ambiguity over the source of funding for the government's controversial digital wallet scheme has finally been cleared.
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