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Uprising will upend 2014
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 02/01/2014
» The political struggle between the caretaker government and the so-called muan maha prachachon or the great mass uprising will continue to dominate Thai politics over the next several months of the new year.
Rivals brace for war of attrition
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 15/01/2014
» Both sides of the ongoing political standoff appear to be settling in for a battle of attrition as the Feb 2 election looms.
Democrat lawmakers free to vote this Sunday
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 31/01/2014
» The Democrat Party, which is boycotting the election, is letting its members decide freely whether they will cast ballots this Sunday.
PDRC struggles to get Yingluck to step down
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 14/12/2013
» After weeks of tussling, the crux of contention between the government and protest leaders has boiled down to a demand for the resignation of caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her cabinet.
The road to a people's council is riddled with potholes
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 05/12/2013
» Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban's proposal for a people's council and an interim government will be difficult to make happen.
Protests leave govt with no choice but to quit
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 14/11/2013
» The Democracy Monument is still drawing large crowds. Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban and eight other Democrat politicians have resigned as MPs and relinquished their privileges to step up the protest.
'People's parliament' plan stirs cheers, jeers
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 28/11/2013
» Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban's proposal to set up a "people's parliament" for political reform as a way out of the political conflict has stirred mixed reactions from academics and leading figures.
Thaksin 'prepared to call poll'
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 04/11/2013
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is re-examining his options as he expects the Constitution Court to reject all controversial laws the government of his younger sister Yingluck Shinawatra has initiated.
Govt plays game of chicken with charter court
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 03/10/2013
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's decision to send the draft amendment to the constitution on the make-up of the Senate to the palace for royal endorsement on Tuesday shows her confidence in her government's majority power and fearlessness in the face of a possible showdown.
Korn predicts shift in power
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 09/09/2013
» Deputy democrat party leader Korn Chatikavanij is confident that Thai politics will come full circle with a shift in power to the Democrat Party in four years.