Leader of the Charthaipattana urges the partnership to support a costs while opposing the release of those found guilty of lese-majeste.
PUBLISHED: December 7, 2023, at 16 :56
Varawut Silpa-archa, the president of the Chartthaipattana Party, reaffirmed the party’s position on any efforts to contain lese-majeste and severe criminal offenses in a new amnesty bill on Thursday.
Additionally, he urged the coalition government to collaborate more closely to review its own version of the bill that would be presented to the House of Representatives, along with a type that had already been put forth by the opposition Move Forward Party , ( MFP).
According to Mr. Varawut, who is also the secretary of social development and human security, the government’s document may represent a compromise among part parties regarding the ideal amnesty bill intended to dispel social conflicts.
At this point, he added, Chartthaipattana maintains that a bill may not include violations of the Lese-majeste Law, Section 112 of Criminal Code, and another serious criminal offenses in which politically motivated violence resulted in fatalities and injuries.
In response to the Pheu Thai Party’s announcement that it would present the House with its own review of a new asylum costs to compete with the Move Forward review, he made the remarks.
According to Chavalit Vichayasuthi, a part of the Pheu Thai tactical committee, the government has not yet developed its own draft and would have more influence if the coalition may agree on one version.
According to him, a combined draft by coalition parties would express their opinions on political conflicts over the past 20 years and how they believe the nation should end these conflicts and bring about true peace.  ,
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the chief of Pheu Thai, insisted that her group’s decision to grant amnesty had nothing to do with any new royal pardons that might or might not be given to Thaksin, her father.
Thaksin, 74, was sentenced to a total of eight years in three cases and returned to Thailand on August 22 after 15 times of self-imposed captivity. He spent only 12 time behind bars before being transferred from the Bangkok Remand Prison to the Police General Hospital, where he has remained ever since.
His Majesty the King reduced his eight-year word to one month after he requested a royal pardon.
According to Ms. Paetongtarn, Pheu Thai has been working on an amnesty expenses for a long time and is now determined to see it through. She added that the draft’s specifics would need to be finalized by incorporating various viewpoints into it.
According to group secretary-general Sorawong Thienthong, the group has decided to discuss it one last time in a conference before submitting the document to congress.
A more thorough study of the amnesty bill may be required because it affects numerous groups and is a very sensitive topic. Pheu Thai is currently thinking about asking the House to create specialized sub-committees to carry out the research first.