Category: Opinion
The latest opinion from those committed to making our region fair, just and democratic.
FORSEA CONDEMNS THAI CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
Southeast Asia’s Democratic Network, FORSEA, condemns the Thai Constitutional Court’s dissolution of the Thai Raksa Chart Party and urges the judicial body to rescind its anti-democratic ruling
THE DISSOLUTION of the THAI RAKSA CHART PARTY
Just weeks before the general elections in Thailand, the judicial coup is taking place.
HUN SEN’s TAKE ON ‘DEMOCRACY’
Ruling Cambodia for four decades, for Hun Sen, to have democracy in Cambodia is to have him in power forever. Warning Cambodians, he says the country will be at 'WAR' if he loses the election.
“DEMOCRACY HAS ALWAYS BE A HIGHLY CONTESTED CONCEPT, FEARED AND DISDAINED AMONG ELITES”
Professor Noam Chomsky delivered a recored message to the participants at the Official Launch of FORSEA, in Kuala Lumpur, February 16, 2019. A powerful oratory on the state of democracy from one of the world's most most respected public intellectuals.
POLITICISED THAI CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
บทบาททางการเมืองของศาลรัฐธรรมนูญ: อาจารย์ธีระ สุธีวรางกูล จากคณะนิติศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
ANOTHER ELECTION DELAY WOULD KILL THAILAND’S DEMOCRACY
One hopes that elections will actually be held this time around. Failure by the government to keep to the recently announced date could lead to political instability.
VIDEO: PRAJAK KONGKIRATI on the THAI ELECTIONS 2019
In a FORSEA exclusive, Dr Prajak Kongkirati from Bangkok's Thammasat University, speaks about Thailand's military government and its inherent distain of the democratic process as upcoming polls loom for the country.
OF KING, SEX, & ABDICATION
Sultan Mohammad V could have diffused the controversy if he had taken the path of another Constitutional Monarch, England’s King Edward VIII who abdicated in 1936 and walked into the horizon for “love.”
ORGANISING FOR FUTURE POLITICS IN SINGAPORE
In this digital age, dictators can no longer enjoy the monopoly of the tools of information dissemination, or rely on their controlled media to mould peoples’ thoughts.
US GENOCIDE RESOLUTION WELCOME, BUT ROHINGYA NEED MORE
The United States will not intercede, meanwhile, Myanmar's neighbours see it through the economic lens, so an international coalition for the Rohingya is needed.