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Yingluck leaving would be a win-win for both camps
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 12/02/2015
» There is only one reason why the junta is putting the brakes on former premier Yingluck Shinawatra's request for permission to go to Hong Kong to see her fugitive brother — to prevent her exile.
Abhisit: 'I will clear my name'
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 09/03/2015
» Former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is confident he can clear his name of accusations brought against him by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) in connection with the deadly crackdown on red-shirt demonstrators in 2010.
Political model faces testing times
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 05/03/2015
» The Charter Drafting Committee (CDC) has announced the new charter's four main objectives. All are high-minded goals. The question is whether the new charter can attain them.
Draft charter 'steals democracy'
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 09/03/2015
» The draft constitution is fraught with flaws as the constitution drafters have come up with the wrong solutions that will only snatch democracy from the people, Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva says.
NRC urges Dhammachayo defrocking
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 19/02/2015
» The National Reform Council’s (NRC) committee on religious affairs has called for Phra Dhammachayo, abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, to be defrocked.
Regime faces early challenge
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 05/01/2015
» The year 2015 will be a monumental year for Thailand with a flurry of national reform and charter drafting efforts picking up speed in the next 12 months, while a decision on the impeachment of Yingluck Shinawatra could shake the military regime right at the beginning of the year.
OAG to look into abbot’s funeral costs
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 17/01/2015
» The Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) will continue to look into spending irregularities in the budget of more than 60 million baht for the funeral rites of Somdej Phra Buddhacharn, also known as Somdej Kiew.
Yingluck's chances of survival look very slim
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 22/01/2015
» Tomorrow will see historic impeachment motions against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra together with her top lieutenants, former House speaker Somsak Kiatsuranon and former Senate speaker Nikom Wairatpanij.
Shinawatra clan faces end of a political era
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 24/01/2015
» The future looks bleak for both the Pheu Thai Party and the Shinawatra family now that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been impeached and barred from politics by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) over her role in the loss-ridden rice-pledging scheme.
No end in sight as street battle lands in court
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 03/11/2014
» The conflict between the red shirts and former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his ex-deputy Suthep Thaugsuban played out on the streets long before it was brought before the courts, where today no prospect of a resolution appears in sight.