Chavalit: Government on right track in South

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Chavalit backs deep South peace talks

Published: 9 Mar 2013 at 13.45
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The government is on the right track in attempting to resolve southern unrest through peace talks with insurgent groups, former prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said on Saturday.

Gen Chavalit said he agreed with the decision by the National Security Council (NSC) to sign an agreement to enter peace talks with the militant group Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN).

Lt Gen Paradorn Pattanatabutr, the NSC secretary-general, signed the agreement with Hassan Taib, chief of the BRN liaison office in Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur on Feb 28.

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ringmaster
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Discussion 9 : 10 Mar 2013 at 00.199
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Victor D7: Good point but I don't believe they teach the wisdom of Gen. Douglas MacArthur at the Thai Military Academy.
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Discussion 8 : 09 Mar 2013 at 23.308
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One of the things the government has to do is convince the people they hope to negotiate with and more importantly the ordinary people of the South that the Thai establishment are in agreement on the way forward, so expect to hear many more public figures expressing these kind of views. The problem is that they can all sing the same song at the moment but it may not be so once details of concessions to the insurgents are put on the table.
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Discussion 7 : 09 Mar 2013 at 21.527
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Thai retired Generals do not fade away, don't they?
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Discussion 6 : 09 Mar 2013 at 20.426
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I want to see a current photo of this Thainasour.
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Discussion 5 : 09 Mar 2013 at 20.375
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So haw far is the force and deterrent theory succeeding? It is not is the answer.Yes there are a few thugs who all they want to do is cause havoc.But the old" fossil" as you call him needs listening to and if it means giving back to Burma what is rightfully theirs then so be it. This problem as far as I know was caused after the second world war by favouring Siam when making the new boundaries.
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Discussion 4 : 09 Mar 2013 at 20.134
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This guy is always a walking contradiction as his nickname "Big Jew" implies, which is "Big" but "Small" at the same time. And I don't know which is which, like strong Bath but at the price of a collapsing Thai Economy, and etc.
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Discussion 3 : 09 Mar 2013 at 17.223
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Can someone whisper in his hearing aid his time is long gone, nobody cares one bit whatever. If he sputters please tell him he was the one who made the Baht sink in '97 (where T was present in the meeting where he had no right to be), we all have bad memories from this.
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Discussion 2 : 09 Mar 2013 at 16.552
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Who on earth would care a tiny bit what this fossil thinks or backs???
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Discussion 1 : 09 Mar 2013 at 16.301
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Here is a recap: A well known lawyer from the South of Thailand disappears. Chavilit was in the goverment at the time. Suddenly one day in parliament, the gentleman muttered (the truth?) aloud - he claimed that Somchai the lawyer was dead. Many Thais believe that the lawyer was kidnapped and killed by security forces. Then you had the Tak Bai incident during Thaksins reign, more than 50 protestors, herded on to a military truck, hands tied and put one on top of the other - most of them died. The medical report said suffocation was the cause, suffocation in an open military truck? And now the manicured PM sings a new song.
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