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OPINION

FFP pays price for meteoric rise

News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/11/2019

» Following the Constitutional Court ruling last week that disqualified Future Forward Party (FFP) leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit as an MP, the Election Commission (EC) said it is considering whether to file criminal charges against him in a related case for violation Section 151 of the Members of the House of Representatives Election Act 2018. But FFP spokeswoman Pannika Wanich has made a valid point about the law in a defence of the party's leader.

OPINION

Farming chemical facts distorted

News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/12/2019

» Industry Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit did not speak the whole truth about the reversal of the resolution by the new National Hazardous Substances Committee (NHSC) that he chairs over weed-killers glyphosate and paraquat, and the pesticide chlorpyrifos.

OPINION

Bananas sell out in our monkey house

News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/12/2019

» A banana that is worth an eight-digit figure? To most people, that is insane and unbelievable.

OPINION

'Flash mob' leaves FFP with work to do

News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/12/2019

» There were as many bystanders as party supporters among the few thousand people who converged in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre and the Pathumwan skywalk on Saturday evening where the Future Forward Party (FFP) held its "flash mob" to test public response to its call for justice for the party after the Election Commission (EC) last week asked the Constitutional Court to dissolve the party over a 191-million-baht "loan" to the party by its leader, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit.

OPINION

Prospects of a bumpy year ahead

News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/12/2019

» New Year is a week from now. But it won't be a happy New Year for quite a few of us, especially grassroots people such as farmers and blue-collar workers.

OPINION

Is it really time to 'seize the power?'

News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/01/2020

» Future Forward Party (FFP) secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul believes that 2020 is the year ripe for the people to be their own masters of the land and rise up to seize power from the ruling elites that no longer have legitimacy to govern.

OPINION

Thaksin vies for top spot with PM

News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/01/2025

» You can call Thaksin Shinawatra a former prime minister and de facto leader of the Pheu Thai Party and, lately, also de facto prime minister, as you wish -- because none of those names are wrong. It would, however, be fiercely denied by the guardians of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who insist she is still in charge of the government and running the country.

OPINION

Thaksin's down, but don't rule him out

News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/02/2025

» Love him or hate him, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is still a force to be reckoned with.

OPINION

Safeguards needed for legal gambling

News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/01/2025

» The government's dream of developing an integrated entertainment complex complete with a casino in Bangkok or on the eastern seaboard is facing hurdles after the Council of State last week raised an objection on the ground that such a megaproject is not relevant to the government's policy to promote a new form of tourism industry.

OPINION

DSI considers all-out war with Senate

News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/02/2025

» The sound of beating war drums is getting louder as the Justice Ministry and its sidekick, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), go on the warpath against the Senate -- the first confrontation of its kind -- over allegations that the senatorial election last June was fraught with collusion and bloc voting.