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Indigenous rights bill languishes
News, Editorial, Published on 21/08/2022
» Thailand is home to over 6 million indigenous people. Yet many are outlawed, denied basic rights, and subject to many forms of oppression. This must change.
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Unforgivable absenteeism
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/08/2022
» With one short Facebook post, deputy government spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek showed her contempt for the political shenanigans being played by some MPs who have decided that absconding from their duties is the best way to bend parliament to their will.
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Govt turns deaf ear
News, Editorial, Published on 01/08/2022
» While the House was recently holding votes on the no-confidence debate, many members of the public also cast their votes in parallel in a campaign called "voice of the people".
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Time to neutralise cobras' venom
News, Editorial, Published on 31/07/2022
» After surviving a fraught two years under three different governments, Malaysian lawmakers finally pulled the trigger on a long-awaited move this week. In a bid to ensure improve the nation's political stability, their parliament passed a bipartisan bill to make defections illegal.
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Poll 'game' won't work
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/07/2022
» Rumours of another attempt to amend the constitution -- which will see the next election revert from the current two-ballot system to the one-ballot system that was used in the last election -- have been rife in parliament over the past couple of days.
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Ganja guidelines
Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/07/2022
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha government has no need to reverse the decriminalisation of cannabis, as demanded by groups of doctors and medical personnel, which would certainly cause public confusion.
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No more money politics
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/07/2022
» The censure debate may have ended on Saturday with the government comfortably surviving the censure motion, but the post-debate aftermath has begun.
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Debate must dig deep
Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/07/2022
» The political temperature will rise substantially next week as the awaited censure debate is due to start on Tuesday, even though Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's administration -- thanks to it holding a majority of seats -- is likely to survive the no-confidence motion, just as it did in the past. As such, the live broadcast five-day censure debate is worthy of attention.
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District polls may backfire
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/07/2022
» The landslide victory of Chadchart Sittipunt as city governor was a watershed moment for local politics and decentralisation.
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A complex of ridicule
Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/07/2022
» To mark the 90th anniversary of the adoption of the parliamentary system, the House launched a series of lectures, forums and exhibitions at Sappaya Saphasathan, the brand new parliament complex overlooking the Chao Phraya River, from June 27 to July 8.
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