Mahaprachachon, February 3-9, 2012
Headline: White army supports drug trafficking gang [white army meaning a pure and drug-free army]
Text: Does Ya Ba-Ya Ice[amphetamine-ice] make the white army dirty after a major of the Engineering Battalion of the Region 3 Army was accused of being part of a billion-baht drug gang? He [a major, according to other news] was charged two years ago and his assets confiscated. But why has his supervisor supported him, not found fault with him or fired him, instead allowing him to continue in his post?
Mahaprachachon, February 3-9, 2012
The headline reads: Retrace Thai society’s reconciliation plan [the photos are of various figures who have loomed large in hopes for reconciliation for Red Shirts--Chavolit, Sanan, and Chalerm]
Mahaprachachon, February 3-9, 2012
The headline reads: Why must the new constitution [amendment] be done so slowly?
Text: Puea Thai should always understand that the party’s victory, which resulted in so many people gaining power, was the consequence of the fight for democracy by people willing to sacrifice their blood or flesh or life, those who are opposed to dictatorship and want a democratic constitution that is at least similar to the 1997 version.
[This is an unusual and rare article that apparently shows small cracks in the normally lockstep relationship between the Red Shirts and the government.]
Mahaprachachon, February 3-9, 2012
The headlines read: Phraya Phahon Phonphayuhasena, elder statesman of Thailand
Chapter 1 – General Phraya Phahon Phonphayuhasena’s biography
Photo caption: General Phraya Phahon dressed in the military uniform of the Royal Siamese Army Command Department after resigning from the German army ahead of furthering his studies in Denmark.
[Phraya Phahon is the second Thai PM and was the leader of Khana Ratsadon who carried out the Revolution of 1932. Besides the issue of bringing up the historical account of those who overthrew monarchies, the intention is to make a comparison between Phraya Phahon, who stepped down from power and left political life, and Privy Councilor Prem who is still on the political scene even after he has stepped down from power in 1988.]
