Don't expect a chairmain-governor war at the BOT
With Dr Virabongsa Ramangkura having been named as new chairman of the board of directors of the Bank of Thailand, some observers have predicted a clash of the titans at the central bank. Central bank governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul, considered by...
Why aren't you excited about a more 'democratic'...
Now that the second reading of a bill to pave the way for the drawing up of a new constitution has been passed, I should, as a law-abiding, democratically active citizen, get very excited. Why don't I feel that shot of adrenaline? What's...
Return of 111 will be a test of the PM's management skill
Last week, reporters asked Premier Yingluck Shinawatra whether a Cabinet reshuffle, her second since taking office, was forthcoming. She smiled and said: "The weather is really very hot, isn't it?"
Reconciliation begins at home
It was political precisely because they didn't talk politics
Business as usual for the govt as Thai rice loses business
The bad news from out there from the foot soldiers in the battlefield is that we are losing the fight and the commanders in the war room had better change the strategy.
The post-Songkran timeline to a political tsunami
You can never tell whether it's just a bluff or not that former premier Thaksin Shinawatra knows something we don't about his own political future. For example, last week in Laos he said was coming home in "three to four...
What's the hurry? Reconciliation can't be a rush job
The government and ruling Pheu Thai Party have been warned: National reconciliation can't be rushed. Neither can it be force-fed. Or else the country could choke on an overdose of one-sided "justice for the victors". Disaster could...
What would they say to each other at a 'peace summit'?
Can you imagine General Prem Tinsulanonda and Thaksin Shinawatra meeting for a proposed "peace summit"? I can, but only in my wildest dreams.
Sonthi won't be allowed to take coup secrets to the grave
General Sonthi Boonyaratglin is said to have written a book about the real story (his version, of course) behind the September 19, 2006 coup that he engineered. However, if his wish were granted, it won't be published until after he is gone.
National reconciliation? It's just lip service so far
If politics is too important to be left to politicians, then the ongoing national reconciliation effort is too crucial to be assigned to parties with their own narrow political agenda.
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