OP-ED: Witch-hunts must end
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SINGAPORE’S
The Straits Times
The Straits Times says
Prayut 2.0 a chance to reset Thailand
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Mr Prayut Chan-o-cha’s new government is expected to be sworn in at the end of this month, the next milestone in an eventful period for Thailand. The country’s general election in March, the first in eight years, was followed by the coronation last month of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, the head of state and a figure of unparalleled influence in the nation riven by a 13-year-old political divide. The new dispensation acquires shape as China expands its Belt and Road projects while the United States prepares to mend bilateral ties, disrupted after the 2014 coup, with its major non-Nato ally.
“Thank you. Everything is the same,” Mr Prayut told reporters a day after the bicameral Parliament voted him in as Prime Minister. Yet, his second term will present sharper challenges. The economy recovered under the junta after the choppy years of the Yingluck Shinawatra government. Last year’s growth rate of 4.1 per cent was the highest in six years. But to be on a more surefooted path, the government will need to halt the trend of declining foreign investment and recover from the fall in competitiveness and ease of doing business rankings. Growth dipped in the first quarter of this year, reflecting slowing exports as well as a sluggish tourism sector. South-east Asia’s second-largest economy needs, above all, a quiet period in which to make its next moves.
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EDITORIAL : Witch-hunts must end
More than forty years ago, anti-monarchy accusations were among the propaganda tools used by far-right elements against student activists in the lead-up to the crackdown and massacre of at least 41 of them in October 1976.
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Today, it is worrying to see the same disturbing tactic being employed to target Future Forward Party (FFP) spokeswoman Pannika Wanich. Ms Pannika has become the subject of an anti-monarchy witch-hunt because she is a popular figure in the FFP, a party which has been accused of harbouring anti-monarchy sentiments for the past year.
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Given its progressive and liberal stance, the FFP has been viewed suspiciously by ultra royalists, conservatives and pro-military people. Before Ms Pannika, its leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul were also accused of being anti-monarchists based mostly on fake news and doctored video clips.
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Last week, Ms Pannika was criticised by regime-appointed Senator Porntip Rojanasunan for…
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