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Government is out of court
May 25, 2013
... in chokey. Rather than appeal the case (because he was in the wrong) he wants the court shut down and everything it did to him repealed. The red shirts who were formed to "restore their democracy" demonstrated because the court judges wanted to examine whether the government could remove the red shirts' democratic...
Opinion

No double standards in UN checking judicial system
May 24, 2013
But, as the red shirts are so fond of saying, though not following, there must be no double standards. Let Chalerm also push for the Justice Department to report on why the generals responsible for Krue Se, Tak Bai and Nong Chik have not been court-martialled. And why the Parliament Speaker would not let MPs...
Opinion

Chalerm's draft tabled in Parliament
May 24, 2013
... who is most affected is Thaksin. If we are not sincere with him, how can we go on " he said. Asked how Pheu Thai would respond to the demands of red shirts who do not want to see those who ordered the deadly crackdown on their group's protests spared justice, Peerapan said the passage of the bill relies...
Politics

Jatuporn\'s name comes up again amid reshuffle talk
May 24, 2013
... the opposition Democrat Party - has become more serious, the party leadership reportedly sees the need to "reward their commanders", particularly red-shirt leaders like Jatuporn Prompan. The charismatic but controversial Jatuporn is once again tipped to become a Cabinet member, with the rumours this time...
Politics

Pen-ek overcomes the paradox
May 24, 2013
... Kasetsiri. There's also chulalongkorn University academic Chaiyan Chaiyaporn, who was arrested after ripping up his ballot in the 2006 election, red-shirt activist Sombat Boon-ngam-anong and former student activist and SEA Write Award-winner Jiranan Pitpreecha, who fled to the jungle in the '70s. And Thammasat...
Life

Details Thaksin did not tell the red shirts
May 23, 2013
... enemies. And it seemed reconciliation was unnecessary for his side now. In his address, made on the third anniversary of the 2010 dispersal of the red- shirts' anti-government rally, Thaksin told his supporters why he was overthrown in a coup. He described himself as a good and capable person. But he opted...
Politics

Chalerm's reconciliation bill tabled in Parliament
May 23, 2013
... who is most affected is Thaksin. If we are not sincere with him, how can we go on " he said. Asked how Pheu Thai would respond to the demands of red shirts who do not want to see those who ordered the deadly crackdown on their group's protests spared justice, Peerapan said the passage of the bill relies...
Politics

A naive leader transformed by her impatient brother
May 22, 2013
... can frighten and provoke. Thaksin's opponents will be both angry and afraid, but wait until all the implications of Chalerm's brainchild dawn on the red shirts themselves. The "murderers" will be pardoned, according to the bill. Of course they have to be, or Chalerm's bill may as well be named "A Bill to...
Opinion

Chalerm backs down on reconciliation bill
May 22, 2013
... stance because the bill has met opposition from all sides - both from opponents of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, as well as his supporters. The red shirts do not want a blanket amnesty bill to be enacted because they want members of the previous government and military leaders punished for the 2010 crackdown...
Politics

Rally organisers lied to the public
May 21, 2013
Either senior police representatives were lying, or they failed to have control of the situation. Heads should roll. That's how "responsible democracy" works. John Shepherd Bangkok
Opinion