The Move Forward plan addresses all protests that began in 2006 in an effort to bring about unification.
5 October 2023 at 14:47 PUBLISHED
The Move Forward Party submitted a bill on Thursday, hoping it would restore national single, to grant parole to democratic protesters since February 2006.
The bill, according to party leader Chaithawat Tulathon, was drafted to pardon all democratic protesters who had been charged with violating several laws since February 11, 2006, when Thaksin Shinawatra’s administration was the target of protests.
According to Mr. Chaithawat, the proposed pardon may apply to thousands of democratic protesters who had been penalized for breaking a number of laws because of their political motivations.
According to him,” The Move Forward Party believes that Thai culture is restore peace, joy, and cohesion if the people who participated in political representation are freed from trial.”
Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, the leader of the legislature, was suggested by the opposite party to establish a committee to determine which offenses may be eligible for amnesty.
But, Mr. Chaithawat stated that the bill did not spare government officials who overstepped their bounds or overreacted by cracking down on presentations.
He asserted that the costs may be passed if political parties work together.
Over the past 17 years, there have been numerous violent political protests, beginning with the so-called yellow shirts known as the People’s Alliance for Democracy( PDA ), which opposed Thaksin. In September 2006, his majority government was overthrown as a result of their rallies.
PAD protesters went back to the streets after an election in December 2007 put another Thaksin-affiliated party in power. Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang flights were taken over over the course of a week-long protest that started in May 2008 and is thought to have cost the economy at least 3 billion rmb.
A Democrat-led government took control after the Constitutional Court decided in December 2008 to melt the People’s Power Party. The United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship ( UDD ), or” red shirts loyal to Thaksin ,” violently cracked down the military in May 2010 as a result of massive protests in 2010. 90 people were killed.
The golden tops were again on the streets in 2013 and 2014. Their rage was directed at Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s attempt to pass an amnesty bill that would help her nephew who was in exile. The Bangkok Shutdown movement’s outages prepared the way for the military takeover in May 2014.
A fresh protest movement, primarily made up of young people who were dissatisfied with the military-aligned government and the establishment in general, started to take shape in 2020. Some of its members even went so far as to demand changes to the king.
More than 250 individuals have been charged under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, the lesser-majeste laws, since mid-2020 as a result of this. 116 more people have been accused of rebellion.
The amnesty suggested by Move Forward did release both the most recent protesters and their bright and red-shirt forebears from earlier in time.