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Our next leader will have to fix economy
Published: 17/01/2016
Writer: Editorial
Next yearтАЩs election, should it go ahead as planned, is shaping up as a good one to lose. Any incoming government will have the interesting task of navigating unchartered constitutional waters, with a senate most likely appointed by unconventional means and restrictions over who can become prime minister and how long they can serve. But while the constitutional drafting process and referendum is rightly... (read more)....
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin ... ix-economy.
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Re: Protests update
17 January 2016
Academics to Expand Opposition to Junta
By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer
BANGKOK тАФ Pro-democracy academics want to shift to a proactive stance in an attempt to restore some political rights amid concerns the junta may attempt to remain in power much longer.
Some 30 academics and NGO activists organized as тАЬThai Academics for Civil RightsтАЭ will meet Thursday through Saturday to review their role and come up with strategies and measures to push back against repression by the military junta against students and scholars..... (read more).....http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 1453020197
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When Orders Become Law
Submitted by editor1 on Mon, 18/01/2016
Nidhi Eoseewong
The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) explains that summoning people for attitude adjustment and detention is carried out in accordance with the law. I say the NCPO because this explanation has been repeated by the head, deputy head, and on down to the spokesperson. In response to the increasing voices of opposition in society, the spokesperson further states that the NCPO is not selective in the use of this тАЬlaw.тАЭ No matter who you are or what side you come from, if you create confusion, if you obstruct the NCPOтАЩs roadmap, or if you are a danger to national reconciliation, then you will be summoned for attitude adjustment and detention..... (read more).....http://prachatai.org/english/node/5772
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[b] REPLACING THE KING II
January 17, 2016
In an earlier post PPT commented on how the Constitutional Court was being set up in the draft constitution in ways that transferred some of the kingтАЩs formal and тАЬinformalтАЭ political power to the court.
The idea is that the current monarch could (kind of) be trusted to do the right thing by the elite that craves economic and social power.....(read more)....https://politicalprisonersofthailand.wo ... e-king-ii/
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Re: Protests update
18 January 2016
Shinawatras Defy Junta With Publicity Drive
BANGKOK тАФ Former prime ministers Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister Yingluck are cranking up their promotional machines to reconnect with supporters in apparent defiance of the military that toppled their governments.
The publicity drive, which includes a...... (read more)...http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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Sasiwan Mokkhasen
20 January 2016
Junta Approves 20 Billion Baht for Internet Broadband, Gateway
BANGKOK тАФ The Junta approved 20 billion baht on Tuesday to improve internet broadband in the kingdom, drawing criticism from internet freedom advocates it will be used to develop its controversial тАЬsingle gatewayтАЭ project..... (read more)....http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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Chayanit Itthipongmaetee
16 January 2016
Democracy Activists Commit to Fight Over Flight
BANGKOK тАФ Members of the New Democracy Movement issued a statement this morning saying they will not flee the country and will continue тАЬfighting for freedom and democracy.тАЭ
The statement referenced fresh warrants and summons for several of the groupsтАЩ members in the wake of their campaign to call attention to the Rajabhakti Park scandal and vowed to remain in the country to call attention to the allegations of corruption in the armyтАЩs construction of the billion-baht park..... (read more)...http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... section=11
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Wed Jan 20, 2016
Draft constitution for army-run Thailand 'strong medicine'
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Panarat Thepgumpanat
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A draft constitution for army-run Thailand to be unveiled this month will be "strong medicine", the constitution panel head said on Wednesday, adding that there was no guarantee it would pass a referendum, meaning a further extension of military rule.
The May 2014 coup ended months of political protests in Bangkok aimed at ousting a civilian government, since when the junta has curbed basic freedoms and pushed back the timetable for elections to 2017.
Meechai Ruchupan, 77, chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee, said the constitution aimed to solve long-running problems such as abuse of power by lawmakers, but might not solve decades-long political divisions..... (read more).....http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0UY13E
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US State Department deputy spokesman concerned over human rights in Thailand
The Nation January 21, 2016
US State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark C Toner Thursday expressed concerns over limitations on human rights and fundamental freedoms in Thailand following the arrest of a student activist by troops late Wednesday night.
Toner declined to comment directly on the arrest of Sirawit Serithiwat, better known as Ja (Sergeant) New, a leading student activist who has been campaigning for transparent probe into alleged irregularities in the Rajahakti Park project..... (read more)....http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakin ... 77386.html
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Military court releases youth anti-junta activists
Submitted by editor2 on Thu, 21/01/2016
The military court has rejected the request to detain anti-junta youth activists calling for an investigation into corruption allegations on a park constructed by the Royal Thai Army.
The Military Court of Bangkok on Thursday at 4 pm, 21 January 2016, declined to grant the police custody permission to detain Sirawit Serithiwat, 23, Chonticha Jaeng-rew, 22, Chanoknan Ruamsap, 22, and Korakoch Saengyenpan, 23..... (read more)....http://prachatai.org/english/node/5787