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Time to stick to poll plan
News, Editorial, Published on 05/01/2019
» With numerous general election promises given and then broken by the military regime since 2015, Thailand cannot afford to abort the Feb 24 poll plan. More delays to the country's return to democratic rule, as suggested by Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam on Thursday, will deal heavy blows to both the country's political climate and investment sentiment.
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Regime sparks #DelayMyAss Twitter storm
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 08/01/2019
» It looks like another election delay will not benefit anyone, least of all Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, who comes across as a most ineffectual leader, even among high-school students.
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Fairness needs to be ensured
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 27/01/2019
» In sports, as in politics, they call it a "tilted playing field". One or many tiny modifications to the game area give advantages that don't absolutely guarantee that the home team wins, but help to make it more likely.
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Independence muted
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 09/12/2018
» The famously annoyable general prime minister was annoyed last week. The country's two largest political parties politely RSVP'd his invitation to a prayer meeting but declined because of the raucous nature of the worship.
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Restore trust in the election
News, Editorial, Published on 11/12/2018
» If Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his four surrogate politicians in the cabinet refuse to do the right thing and step down before the election, they must at least stop their stream of orders on how to run the voting process.
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Time for Prayut to show his integrity
News, Editorial, Published on 16/12/2018
» As the country gears up for an election, initially expected to take place late February next year, the military regime under Prime Minister Chan-o-cha should learn about the political etiquette that obliges it to refrain from the business-as-usual edict in running state affairs.
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Dire need for elected Senate
News, Editorial, Published on 06/12/2018
» Over the past 11 years, Thailand's two constitutions have become increasingly mistrustful of the electorate's judgement when it comes to choosing senators.
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Apply assets law equally
News, Editorial, Published on 08/12/2018
» One with great power should shoulder great responsibility. Those holding executive and advisory roles in government agencies now have a new responsibility to publicly disclose their assets and debts, because of the National Anti-Corruption Commission's (NACC) regulation to prevent corruption in the public sector. But a number of the officials oppose the new rule.
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The death of vote-buying
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 25/11/2018
» The government announced a brand new and unexpected Big Welfare Aid Programme (BWAP). Cynics, sceptics, anti-regime critics and even honest people wondered if the sudden decision to help the least-advantaged Thais just possibly has something to do with that other government programme -- so tantalisingly unspecified -- of an election that for the fourth year in a row has been pencilled in for, in the highly familiar phrase used by the general prime minister, "next year".
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Political ban must be lifted
News, Editorial, Published on 03/11/2018
» With about three and a half months to go before the general election, the electorate and political parties do not have much time left to get ready. In order to do that, they need to be unchained from the political ban, imposed by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) in 2014, which restricts freedom of expression and political activities.
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