In our politics, time really can stand stillIn this photo from Tuesday, the Palang Pracharath party's motion to have the charter court rule if parliament can form a charter drafting panel sails through with 366 votes for and 316 against. Instead, the ruling party should be aware that the movement -- given the fact that their campaign issues like charter rewrite and political reform remain valid -- may rebound. The government's U-turn on a charter rewrite gives the movement justification to hit the streets once again. And this is unfortunate since the charter rewrite process seemed to be going well within the planned timelines. The time-buying tactic is ironic given the support the ruling party threw behind a national reconciliation committee set up as a solution to a national crisis.

Source: Bangkok Post February 12, 2021 23:37 UTC