POLITICS
Reconciliation bid could backfire
Democrats claim govt only helping Thaksin
- Published: 26 May 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: News
Thailand's politically fragile society risks new turbulence once a reconciliation bill, aimed at granting amnesty to political offenders and clearing all orders of the 2006 coup makers, is pushed before parliament, opponents say.
Sonthi: Proposed contentious bill
The bill, suggested by 2006 coup leader Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin and MPs in the government camp, will only set back attempts to reconcile the conflict between pro- and anti-Thaksin groups because the Pheu Thai-led government is only considering the interests of one person, said opposition chief whip and Democrat Party MP Jurin Laksanavisit.
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