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FAO warning shows folly of rice pledging
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/02/2013
» Just as the media and the public are losing interest in the government's populist rice pledging scheme, the latest report from the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warns that Thailand may be running out of space to store rice.
After the calm, the storm
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/04/2013
» The long Songkran holiday provided a much-needed respite from politics for most of us, but the reality is about to return with a vengeance.
PM's speech revealed feelings previously hidden
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/04/2013
» Although the speech delivered by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the Community of Democracy (CD) conference in Mongolia Monday was scripted, the message it conveyed, especially about democracy in Thailand, presumably reflects her actual political thinking -- a side buried deeply and troubling her soul for many years.
Thaksin's plea for reconciliation rings hollow
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/07/2013
» I have lost count of the number of times ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has pleaded for reconciliation. The last one was delivered from Beijing in his phone-in address to his supporters in Thailand on the occasion of his 64th birthday last Friday.
Even Blair, Annan cannot save assembly
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/08/2013
» It appears that marketing gurus were employed to save the government's initiative to set up a so-called political reform assembly in which all domestic political stakeholders are invited to join extensive discussions to find a durable solution to Thailand's worst political divide.
The making of a 'husband-and-wife' parliament
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/08/2013
» As public attention is diverted to the much-hyped political reform forum, the government is attempting to amend the charter to transform the Senate into yet another tool to fulfill its ambition of complete control of parliament.
Leaders' resignations echo PAD's decline
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/08/2013
» The anti-Thaksin group People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has been anything but a potent political force that could pose a real threat to the government since it made the cardinal mistake of calling on voters to "Vote No" in the general election in 2011, which saw the Pheu Thai Party romp to victory with 265 House seats over the Democrat Party's 159.
Abhisit shoots himself in the foot
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/09/2013
» Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva shot himself in the foot when he uttered an ill-considered remark a man of his stature is not supposed to make in public.
Plodprasop has lost all credibility
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/09/2013
» The quote of the week comes directly from the horse’s mouth - Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi speaking about the 388km protest march against the Mae Wong dam project spearheaded by Sasin Chalermlarb, secretary-general of the Sueb Nakhasathien Foundation.
Mutiny over amnesty hard to believe
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/10/2013
» My first reaction was disbelief when I saw this headline, "Thaksin stares down mutiny over amnesty" on page 3 of the <i>Bangkok Post</i> newspaper on Friday.