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Hope for end to deadlock
A special joint House-Senate meeting that was wrapped up on Wednesday gave some hope that the country's political deadlock might be solved through democratic and parliamentary means.
Blast must be explained
The energy giant PTT owes the public a thorough explanation over what caused one of its gas pipelines to explode in Bang Bo district late last week and what the company will do to prevent similar tragic incidents from recurring in the future.
Only sincerity can end strife
Parliament, which saw a joint house-senate meeting begin yesterday, has one more day to find a solution to the political unrest.
Rally retorts a childish tactic
Political tension has intensified and could escalate into violence unless all the parties show restraint.
PM must embrace youthful ingenuity
Although the October 6, 1976 massacre marked a bloody end to the hope of student activists in the aftermath of the popular uprising three years earlier, the spark ignited by the 1973 generation has flickered back to life this year as protests led by a new student movement have flared up across the nation.
Victims of our success
The Department of Disease Control under the Ministry of Public Health has a plan to a recommendation to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA)’s sub-committee to reduce the quarantine period for returnees and tourists from 14 to 10 days.
Asean must help Rohingya
Three years on from when the Rohingya, a Muslim minority population in Buddhist-dominated Myanmar, were forced to flee and seek refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh and Thailand, their plight remains delicate as ever, especially amid a pandemic that has only added complexities to an already multi-faceted problem.
It's time for compromise
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's openness for talks with the pro-democracy movement is welcome and it's hoped that the gesture is not too late given the standoff last night between police and a huge crowd trying to reach Government House.
Stalemate cannot go on
Members of parliament must fulfil their democratic duty and lead the way towards a solution to the ongoing student-led anti-government protests.
Censorship a futile tactic
The embattled Prayut Chan-o-cha government seems set to ignore calls by several sectors of society to compromise and hold out the olive branch of a seat at the negotiating table for the young protest leaders. Instead, it looks increasingly prepared to up the ante by censoring the news reports of media outlets sympathetic to the cause of the pro-democracy movement.
