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City Hall dishes up aid for market vendors 4 published : 16 Jan 2021 at 11:00 4 Ground control: Staff of Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University in Bangkok clean and disinfect an area at the university to contain Covid-19. The university has been closed since early this month after the pandemic resurfaced in the country. (Photo by Apichart Jinakul) The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has cut rent rates at its 10 markets to ease the plight of vendors hit by the recent coronavirus outbreak. BMA deputy clerk Wullaya Wattanarat said that Bangkok governor Pol Gen Aswin Kwanmuang has instructed the BMA s market office to come up with remedial measures for affected tenants. ....
13 01 2021 One of the not very well hidden tasks of the regime, sometimes supported by the mainstream media, has been to nitpick at the protest movement and exacerbate divisions and differences. That follows a tested junta tactic of trying to divide and conquer former opponents in Puea Thai and among red shirts. This involved buying off red shirt leaders like the detestable Suporn Atthawong, who has been rewarded with legal cases dropped and lucrative positions. Those turncoats have assisted the military junta to transform into the current post-junta regime. A more activist Jatuporn Over the past couple of months we have watched United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, leader Jatuporn Promphan say some odd things and, finally, have a meltdown. His story is told by a seemingly gleeful Thai PBS. ....
Chaichan: Appointment bewilders many The latest nomination of a former top army officer to sit on the proposed national reconciliation committee goes against what the panel is trying to achieve, which is to forge unity, say critics. Deputy Defence Minister Gen Chaichan Changmongkol, a former defence permanent secretary, has been put forward for membership of the committee by none other than Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Gen Chaichan will be one of two government representatives on the proposed reconciliation committee. What some have found to be bewildering is the reason Gen Prayut offered to justify his backing of Gen Chaichan as a unity panellist. ....
Opposition says no to unity panel 10 Accuses government of lacking sincerity published : 23 Dec 2020 at 06:33 Pheu Thai Party leader Sompong Amornvivat The six opposition parties have refused to be part of the reconciliation process, saying the government lacks sincerity in fostering unity. Speaking after a meeting between the opposition parties on Tuesday, Pheu Thai leader Sompong Amornvivat said they would not join the proposed reconciliation panel unless the protest movement also takes part. The government must show sincerity in creating a climate of reconciliation by stop harassing or taking legal action against its opponents without good reason, Mr Sompong said. Chaithawat Tulathon, secretary-general of the Move Forward Party, said the opposition parties agreed with efforts to bring about unity, but the process cannot proceed as long as those who hold different views continue to be per ....
Chaichan to sit on unity panel 4 published : 19 Dec 2020 at 10:33 4 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha insisted on Friday that national security should be part of the reconciliation process as he confirmed the nomination of Deputy Defence Minister Chaichan Changmongkol as one of two government representatives on the proposed reconciliation panel. Chaichan: To give security analysis Gen Prayut said he nominated Gen Chaichan because he believed the views of security officials should be heard. He did not expect Gen Chaichan s participation to cause any divisions, saying: I think we should explain and listen to each other, so a security authority representative should take part. ....