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Beware the civil service's warrior queens
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/09/2016
» The women have guts -- and lots of it. I am referring to Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn who last week signed an administrative order to pave the way for the Legal Execution Department to proceed with confiscating the assets of her predecessor, Boonsong Teriyapirom, and his five associates involved in the fake government-to-government rice deals with two fictitious Chinese firms, to recoup the loss from these deals estimated at about 20 billion baht.
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Prayut faces a stern test of his equilibrium in 2016
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/01/2016
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha appears to have forgotten what he promised the people 12 days ago in his New Year's Day weekly "returning happiness to the people" TV address.
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Chavalit's talk of being PM can't be taken seriously
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/05/2015
» At the age of 83, most people are enjoying the quiet years and living peaceful lives with their families at home or helping to raise their grandchildren. Not so with Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh. He believes he is physically and mentally fit enough for a last shot at Government House.
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For Pheu Thai, love means having to say you're sorry
Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/03/2015
» One thing unique about Pheu Thai people, from top to bottom, is that they rarely admit their mistakes.
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Landless farmers must benefit from handout
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/10/2014
» Call it the "Returning Happiness to Rice Farmers" scheme or whatever you like, the 1,000 baht/rai cash handout for each rice farming family who owns less than 15 rai of land is a populist policy.
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Yingluck decision fosters more doubts about OAG
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/09/2014
» The Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) decided on Wednesday not to proceed with the indictment of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on malfeasance charges in connection with the rice pledging scheme, as recommended by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), because the commission's case file was incomplete.
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NCPO raises eyebrows with its Thais overseas stand
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/07/2014
» In his first public message to politicians who have taken self-imposed exile abroad, National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha extended an olive branch by appealing to them to return home to cooperate in rebuilding the nation with an assurance that they will be given fair treatment.
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Judge NCPO by its performance, not by opinion polls
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/08/2014
» Bangkok University's Krungthep Poll came out last week with the latest opinion survey on the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) showing it had scored 6.9 points out of 10 for its first three-month performance. By comparison, for that same time period, the Yingluck government scored 4.49 points, and the Abhisit government 3.82 points.
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Amnuay is right man for the job
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/08/2014
» If the National Council for Peace and Order wants to strictly enforce martial law and ban public gatherings of more than five people, then its choice of Pol Maj-Gen Amnuay Nimmano as the man in charge of security in Bangkok, especially around Government House, is indeed the right decision.
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Court rice graft ruling glitter of hope
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/06/2014
» There are two welcome news items, each with both good news and bad, about the discredited rice pledging scheme.
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