PM urged to clarify unity bill stance

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PM urged to clarify unity bill stance

Dems ask Somsak to take measure off agenda

Published: 29 May 2012 at 00.00
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra must clearly state whether she and her government support the reconciliation bill, Democrat Party and opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva says.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is greeted by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at a luncheon in Parliament House in Canberra, Australia Monday. Ms Yingluck is in Australia as part of celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. (EPA Photo)

Ms Yingluck has denied the Pheu Thai Party has an agenda in pushing through the proposed legislation. She said it would be left to parliamentarians to consider the contents of the bill.

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SteveCM
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Discussion 43 : 30 May 2012 at 05.0043
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brilliant (#50) - A shame you didn't take just that bit longer to properly check sunnyjim's original comment (#10) which contains: "But the public does want them to be forgiven, it wants them to serve their time for crimes committed".

BTW, you might also want to correct the (accidental?) spelling you repeatedly use - it's not "dondumm".
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Discussion 42 : 30 May 2012 at 01.5342
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@brilliant #46, besides, anybody can log in and hit like/dislike each time as many times as he likes. Hence all these inflated numbers.
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Discussion 41 : 29 May 2012 at 19.0341
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Bula 39.

I almost agree with what you wrote. If you changed it to:

"The UDD added to the confrontational violence started by the PAD and the military coup and caused further division between Thai people", I would be with you all the way.
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Discussion 40 : 29 May 2012 at 18.5240
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jwatch D38

Excellent post, I agree with EVERY word.
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Discussion 39 : 29 May 2012 at 18.4639
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gleantea D31.

Depends on who you think was in charge, AV or the military.
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Discussion 38 : 29 May 2012 at 16.1238
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Bula #37

You see what you want to see, you hear what you want to hear, and you believe what you want to believe!

I have to say that, at least, you are consistant...you have never wavered from your total support of the Red Shirt movement nor have you ever shown any objectivity on other viewpoints/perspectives.

Fair enough, good for you.

But that does not disguise the fact that UDD created the confrontational violence that occurred and caused further divisiveness amnongst Thai people.

But please, don't take my word for that historical fact. You are fully entitled to your own viewpoint, but don't expect everyone else to agree with you, that's all I - and many many others - ask!
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Discussion 37 : 29 May 2012 at 14.5137
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Maybe if people just took responsibilities for their actions then reconciliation would be possible, for example:
1) Coup leader owns up to doing something against the constitution
2) Red shirts own up to ignoring calls to move out and harassing people that live in the area (to name a few)
3) Abhisit for ordering the push to remove the reds
4) Thaksin for corruption
5) The army for not using rubber bullets and for the deaths
6) Yellows for closing airport (to name a few)
7) My favorite - The police for being so ineffective under any and every circumstance

The list is long, but if Thai people could actually take responsibility for their actions instead of blaming someone else a lot more could be done.
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Discussion 36 : 29 May 2012 at 13.0436
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lovethai #32 - I think every grown up Thais understand why the Red Shirts held Thailand to ransom. The giant rift amongst Thai people began when some individuals were willing to be tools in exchange for legal cases against them. It got worse after the coup. Peaceful demonstrations were provoked into violent. AV has no power to offer holding elections in November 2010. People would believe him if he announced it in parliament. He was playing for time at 'negotiating table.
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Discussion 35 : 29 May 2012 at 12.5935
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D23@bula - 'She had on many occasions said the reconciliation process should be based on the rule of law, equal justice and not aimed at benefiting only one person' Would that it were true. Actually this bill eefectively means nobody is accountable for anything they did under the rule of law. Equal justice? - if I burn your shop down on purpose I go to jail - unless it was in BKK during the protests. How equal it that? She has not explained how the reconciliation bill forms part of a wider process - it seems it is the process - nor how we bring people back to acceptance of the rule of law once undermined by this bill. And she has not dared to put this to a vote of the people to see if this really is the way they want to go.
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Discussion 34 : 29 May 2012 at 12.2734
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sunnyjim (#29) - I appreciate you're only referring to attitudes. But (no disrespect to fellow readers) I'd really think twice about citing the number of "likes" a comment receives as any kind of validation. Many posts making demonstrably false claims rack up a huge number of them. Come to that, simply stating proven (if inconvenient) facts often triggers huge numbers of "dislikes".
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