Nobel winners Annan, Ahtisaari say reconciliation requires compromise

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Nobel winners Annan, Ahtisaari say reconciliation requires compromise

Published: 19/02/2012 at 06:36 AM
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Thailand's political leadership needs to compromise and make sacrifices to move national reconciliation forward, former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan said yesterday in an interview with the Bangkok Post.

POINT TO MAKE: Former United Nations Secretary- General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan gestures during his interview with the Bangkok Post. PHOTO: PATIPAT JANTHONG

All sectors of society need to take ownership of the process, Mr Annan said, but added that people in key positions should compromise. They need to consider what's in the best interests of the nation. They should ask themselves: What should I do to help the nation?

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dao
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Discussion 30 : 20/02/2012 at 10:36 PM30
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The problem started with Thaksin and his corruption .When he decides to accountable everyone one else can follow suit in chronological order .
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Discussion 29 : 20/02/2012 at 11:59 AM29
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No compromise or reconciliation will not happen in Thailand. Never in a 100 years or more.
The reason for this is the Mr Abhasit, instead of thinking about the country and how to reconcile it,make a compromise, he just tries every which he can to create a problem.What he does, is not politics. All the past problems which the last government created, he now blames the present government for. He needs to concentrate on politics, which he never has done as yet. He shoud be concenrating on manifestoes, so that his party can win an election, not distroying his credability, buy all the trouble that he is trying to make. This is what he is being known for.
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Discussion 28 : 20/02/2012 at 11:42 AM28
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bkk-farang.disc 27# Its what i have been trying to say here. It just falls on deaf ears,blind eyes, and one track minds. There will never be reconciliation ever, untill people get over the past and move on. one thing though with corruption which starts at the top of a governmnt department, i will never be easy for any government to stop now a its been going on for too long it is inbread. The only way i to sack everyone and try to start again, but it is a part of the thai way of life. The people who always make the comments here will never be reconciled. A they never look at the whole picture and never accept a compromise.They are brain washed into the way of thnking.
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Discussion 27 : 20/02/2012 at 09:21 AM27
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Obviously many commenters from all sides have difficulties understanding the other side. Maybe we can agree that Annan is right when he said “that people in key positions should compromise. They need to consider what's in the best interests of the nation.”
I think it is clear that many politicians from many parties are not working with the “best interests of the nation” in mind. This must be changed, agreed?
I think one of the first organisations that should be cleaning up is the police and we all should condemn corruption. Everybody should be able to agree on that – if someone supports corruption and especially corrupt police that is obviously not in the interest of the nation.
Let’s forget for a moment our differences and let’s agree on that point!
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Discussion 26 : 20/02/2012 at 02:07 AM26
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Howell disc 25# i am so very correct and right. I think that you will need to rewrite then the history and facts as you know more than them. You think he was responsible for the flooding then also.
I asure you very much my facts are so very correct. Disprove it then and i can easily direct you to where the truth is. Try wikileaks for one.
Try the history of Thailand also.
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Discussion 25 : 20/02/2012 at 01:11 AM25
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@med142. 'Thaksin had made all his money prior coming into power in 2001.'

NO, HE HAD NOT. You have still have not done your homework. Please get your facts right.
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Discussion 24 : 20/02/2012 at 12:11 AM24
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I never can understand how paying people millions of baht is going to bring reconciliation.
I wish Annan and WF de Klerk would of addressed this aspect of reconciliation. I am sure that in South Africa it did not take payoffs to get reconciliation done.
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Discussion 23 : 19/02/2012 at 11:00 PM23
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Thaksin is very bad.
He needs to be in jail, as order by Thai judges.
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med142
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Discussion 22 : 19/02/2012 at 10:52 PM22
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I never forget when the Pm of the last government went to America, he was questioned by the press there. What did most of them ask? what right did he have to be here as he is not a duely elected PM. He soon left America after that. Oh and a paper here published a picture of him and the Obama's but alas all the shadows were in the wrong places, the computer generated pic was clearly a fake as they have no shadows were as the obama's do have all the obama's shadows point to the right but the Pm and wife have no shadow. Its on wikipedia, check it.
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Discussion 21 : 19/02/2012 at 10:35 PM21
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Disc.14 englishbob, I hope Bula is a Thai. If he is, at least some local here has a spine. Don't agree with his views, but at least he has some. The rest of the fairly educated Thai's are more interested in making money for themselves, & forget about poor & mega rich. It will never change with this attitude.
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