Now that the flood situation has eased, PM Yingluck Shinawatra must reassert her leadership and improve the performance of her cabinet ministers, in order to regain public confidence.
People are eager to see the details of her post-flood rehabilitation plan and the blueprint of a national water resources management strategy, now being drafted by two high-level committees.
If she moves fast on these two issues, PM Yingluck will be able to draw more support from the public.
Among her 36 cabinet ministers, there are four or five who have not performed effectively during the past four months.
These ministers are likely to be removed in a cabinet reshuffle expected after the New Year. If the new cabinet ministers are honest and capable, and can deliver on their promises, the opposition will not be able to launch new attacks on the prime minister.
The danger is that some people in government may again try to enact an amnesty decree and quicken the pace of a police investigation into the UDD deaths last year.
Ex-premier Abhisit Vejjajiva and his deputy Suthep Thaugsuban have already been summoned by the Metropolitan Police Bureau to testify in the cases of 13 protesters shot dead during the unrest in April-May 2010.
With the two opposing sides still at each other's throats, I don't think our country will see real peace any time soon.
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