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Will this include getting rid of all the military "dead wood?" As useful as dead dinosaurs.

Will we see a re-enactment of the crime ( goose & gander thing) or will that be a "bridge too far" for police?

The farce is that "paper" is called the "Charter Constitution." And in 2014 we saw just how much the military respected that paper.

China's state-owned HSR system in the last few years has resulted in an overall debt trap, in part due to lack of freight tariffs. Will Prayut pledge he'll be personally responsible for any financial losses for the EEC HSR lines as he created the system by his personal use of Article 44 that overruled economic analysis and anti-corruption laws?

The rejection hardly matters. The NHRC has been made impotent by the Prayut regime since 2014 and even rejected by the UN HRC. Wiwat can be more effective outside of Thailand's NHRC, albeit his nomination rejection does show the farcical utility of the NHRC that might have more impact outside of Thailand.

My non O-A visa extension expires Aug. 17, 2022 so maybe current rules thru then. It's already a high cost for the annual extension with 2,900THB to Immigration and about 12,000THB for 1 yr. Thai health insurance (on top of my approx. 140,000 THB annual foreign international healthcare insurance).

If and when it might be required to extend a non O-A visa, will it have yet be from a Thai insurance company? While I do carry a "throw away" Thai health insurance that effectively covers nothing for purposes of visa extension, my primary insurance is with an international company that would issue the 3 million THB coverage at no charge.

A MOC doesn't build anything. Given the current world economy as it relates to China, maybe solidifying this link now isn't the right time. When there seems to be no logical answer for why nations do or don't do something, it's politics.

I hope that this system will connect to an energy storage system such as Telsa's storage megapack system to prove a steady and balanced energy flow to the electric grid vs. load dump or grid load shortage.

Such strike is illegal. But as it were for rubber farmer and fishing vessel strikes during Prayut's tenure, I doubt any legal action will happen. But when students protest against the government as a freed9m of speech protected under the Constitution - attack and lock them up!

China applied only after POTUS Trump withdrew. I believe it's likely POTUS Biden will re-apply. If accepted China will likely quit. But China's application has to have unanimous approval from the current 11 members. Thus, might be unlikely China will get approval, especially in light of its continued threats against ASEAN members over South China Sea sovereignty, threats against Taiwan and strangulation of democracy in Hong Kong. Thailand is not under such issues, other than Prayut seems to want to be politically attached to China. Should China withdraw from CPTPP or be rejected, I doubt Prayut will move unilaterally to split with China over CPTPP.

An example for secular government. Rather than using taxpayer funds to investigate alleged religious misconduct, let the faiths care for themselves- or not.

The court's decision ( by whom) is perplexing as based on the very recent video disclosure of the prisoner's suffocation, I don't think Ferrair had not yet been formerly charged much less prosecuted in court for murder. It appears based on the brevity of the news article that the prosecution just approached the court personally to request a finding of suffocation by Ferrari and the court in effect by-passed any trial.

What were the grounds to acquit 3 PDRC leaders? As seems typical the Thai courts just make verbal pronouncements without any written* public legal decision explaining its decision and foundation for a decision. Realize Thailand uses common law that may allow the court to ignore statutory law and regulations, but in a democracy shouldn't there be transparency of the court decision process? *based on my perceived lack of any such publications even for Charter Court decisions.

There are no-cost administrative policies to improve protection of the subject elephants such as reduce traffic volume, reduce traffic density (ie., maintain minimum 100m distance between vehicles), and time-based studies to minimize or eliminate traffic during periods of potential herd movement. Then there are the obvious expensive use of auto tunnels, elevated road gradients and BTS-like structural elevations. Or a combination of alternatives.

"Thailand's Carbon Dioxide Emmissions Have Significantly Increased Over the Past 10 Years" Dec. 2020 https://www.climatescorecard.org Note that PM Prayut has been in power for about 6.5 years to the date of the article. His government continues to add fossil-fueled power plants, plans to use palm oil as plant fuel, and used city planning that in effect increases CO2 emmission traffic. Ye, Prayut has allowed some alternative energy projects but EGAT continues to only accept grid-parity prices of electricity generated from renewable sources. https://www.reuters.com April 2018

"not violate any law" ? Clearly this is a public protest against government policies by more than 5 persons on public property. Pedestrian street protests of more than 5 persons have been deemed violation of law and met with police violence including water cannons, tear gas, rubber bullets and/or arrest. But for the truckers seems the only police action will be to control traffic. I suppose typical police aggression against protesters won't work well against protesters riding in truck, albeit couldn't they still be arrested for violation the law? Unjustified justice.

Just to remind all, the Constitutional Court in response to a lawsuit brought by a foreigner recently ruled that "dual pricing" that charges foreigners much more than paid by Thai citizens for things like park admission fees was constitutional. As I recall, the rationale was that foreigners have more money and can afford the higher prices.

Ranking by healthcare system must presume a single system for each country, ie., the prevalent system. Not to do so is mixing "apples to oranges" to get pears. Case in point is the USA that relies on a privatized healthcare system ( with the exception of federal-operated Walter Reed Hospital for veterans). vs UK/Canada that rely on nationalized Healthcare. vs Thailand that seems to have to both US and UK/Canada systems (I could not find any data for Thailand to distinguish between the two for comparative purposes). As such ranking for Thailand should be solely based on its universal government system and compared only to countries with similar healthcare systems.

And who would enforce this law - the RTP or the RTM? Under Prayut, Thailand's Human Rights Commission has been decertified by the UNHRC and gutted from any investigative and independent reporting authority. The DSI now under Prayut's supervision? Any such anti-torure bills now will be just as effective as fingernail polish.

There are other ways to "record" a conversation. Bring a stenographer or two to write the conversation. It's in plain site and intent is clear.

Shouldn't this read "foreign" readers?

But the government never lacks annual denial. Just get your belongings to high ground. LOL

Morocco has among the one of the highest rate of solar insolation in the world and has launched one of the largest solar energy projects at an estimated $9 billion. See Wikipedia What's the urgency that energy imported from England via undersea cable is a priority and with such a high cost? Sounds like Thai "economics" at play.

Not a lot of desert sand in England.