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REPORT: Why Article 44 rode to DIGITAL TV’S RESCUE
Serious questions being asked about the handling of telecommunications frequencies hint that there is a deeper context to the decision by seven TV broadcasters to surrender their licences. To many observers, it no longer appears to be a simple matter of businesses abandoning ventures that ...
Piyaporn Wongruang
Use of Article 44 urged to push marijuana bill
With the bill to legalise the use of marijuana for medical purposes bogged down in process, Deputy Prime Minister ACM Prajin Juntong is looking into the possibility of Article 44 being invoked as a means of moving the bill forward. Prajin, who is also justice ...
The Nation Reporter
Experts blast junta for ‘cutting down’ environmental protections
Environmental protection policies under the past four years of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) have been used as tools for the military to tighten its grip over natural resources management, academics told a forum on Sunday (May 20).Participants discussed the present and ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Reforms in line for Article 44 nudge
The government is set to wield its sweeping powers under a constitutional provision more often to speed up a series of economic and other reforms over the coming months, a senior government official said yesterday (May, 4).Keep reading ...
Wichit Chaitrong
