Prayut welcomes unity plan

 

Families of those killed in the 2010 street protest walked

 Wednesday to the Kok Wua intersection in protest at the

 National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)'s dismissal

 of allegations of fatal malfeasance against former Prime Minister

Abhisit Vejjajiva, his then-deputy Suthep Thaugsuban, and

ex-army chief Gen Anupong Paojinda.

 (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is welcoming a proposal

 by charter writing panel leader Meechai Ruchupan that he

execute his power under Section 44 to push reconciliation

 in the country.

He said Wednesday he was aware of the proposal and ordered

 the government's legal team led by Deputy Prime Minister

Wissanu Krea-ngam to hold talks with the National Legislative

Assembly (NLA) about it.

Gen Prayut said he did not know at this stage if it could be done

but insisted that reconciliation should be initiated and there should

 be a special body to take charge.

However, he said the committee's mandate would be to bring

 people into the reconciliation process, not grant an amnesty.

 "If we don't start here, we can't go further. It [the proposal]

 might be necessary otherwise he [Mr Meechai] wouldn't have

recommended it. I'll see what can be done," he said.

 

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Mr Meechai on Tuesday admitted he was clueless as to how to

 bring about reconciliation and writing it down in the charter

could not make it materialise.

 "So, a committee on reconciliation may not be included in the

charter. It can be set up any time, possibly by the prime minister

 who can use his power under Section 44. There is no need to

 put it in the charter," Mr Meechai said.

The CDC chairman also said there was no need to amend the

 interim constitution to clarify a clause on a charter referendum.

All concerned parties including the Election Commission agreed

 the charter would need a simple majority to pass.

 Mr Wissanu on Wednesday said hedoubted that exercising

 Section 44 could bring about national reconciliation which

 he believed could not be done through law enforcement.

The deputy premier said Gen Prayut, as chief of the National

 Council for Peace and Order, invoked Section 44 to deal with

urgent issues such as illegal fishing and aviation

safety concerns.

Mr Wissanu said reconciliation was a process and would be

 achieved over time and noted that a law might be necessary

 to help foster it, but not a constitution.

"If it is written in the charter, it will become a requirement.

It can make the charter unnecessarily long and obsolete if

the situation changes," he said.

However, he argued that provision for an amnesty should be

included in the charter. Pheu Thai's legal expert Chusak Sirinil

 called on the CDC not to include an amnesty for the military

government for the mistakes it has made running the country.

He said this is to ensure "equality" to all as the charter being

written by the Meechai committee seeks to introduce strong

 anti-corruption measures to clean up politics with measures

 such as a lifetime ban against poll cheats.

The party feels the provision unfairly targets politicians and

 fears the charter will employ a double standard if it also

 includes an amnesty for the military regime.

"I suggest the charter should introduce other measures too,

such as asset declarations for every sector.

 And more important, it must not grant an amnesty to the

NCPO to let it escape scrutiny," he said.

In another development Wednesday, Gen Prayut insisted the

 Democrat Party would not be allowed to hold a special

meeting to discuss the party's restructuring or internal problems.

The NCPO has banned all political gatherings and meetings

 since it came to power.

 The Democrat Party reportedly planned to ask permission

 from the military council to sort out its internal affairs in

 the wake of alleged irregularities at City Hall, run by

 the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.


News,Politics,Bangkok Post, 7 January 2016.

 

In my viewpoint,I agree with setting committee about the

 reconcialiation ,it can lead by law but can not force because

it is about the mood of the people in the society.

 

The reconcialiation should not include in the charter

because it is the even that must be solve not the long

 time law.

 

Sincerely Yours.