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Ukrit presents amnesty bill to Yingluck

Published: 6 Feb 2013 at 00.00
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Ukrit Mongkolnavin, chairman of the Independent Committee for Promotion of the Rule of Law, presented an amnesty bill to the prime minister yesterday.

Ukrit: ‘Better than an executive decree’

Mr Ukrit said his bill will work better than an executive decree in reconciling the colour-coded conflict.

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howell
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Discussion 6 : 06 Feb 2013 at 17.346
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The Independent Committee for Promotion of the Rule of Law was set up Thaksin/PTP and is not 'independent' at all but yet another scam attempt to whitewater the fugitive and in the process divide the country even more.
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Discussion 5 : 06 Feb 2013 at 13.595
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Disc. # 2 "Who is the red leader"

Thida, wife of Dr. Weng is the formal leader of the UDD/Red Shirts. Informally, I think Jatuporn carries more weight then anyone, and is the reason the Elite try to put him behind bars at every opportunity.

"Who gave the order to march in 2009 and 2010".....There was no single order. Only an accumulation and uniting of various forces which belatedly grew out of opposition to the 2006 coup. Trying to 'singularize' this thing, is like trying to singularize who gave the order for the coup to commence......Reconciliation will not occur IMHO. ...Electoral Democracy will regulate things going forward.
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Discussion 4 : 06 Feb 2013 at 13.194
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"Ukrit Mongkolnavin, chairman of the Independent Committee for Promotion of the Rule of Law, presented an amnesty bill to the prime minister yesterday"

Whenever I see one of these grandiose titles for some obscure so-called independent entity, I get suspicious. The PAD has a habit of creating these things, in an attempt to segment themselves and try to imply their agenda has support far-and-wide.

In this case however, I received some very possitive comments about this Ukrit guy. It was suggested that he has as good an understanding of underlying legalities than anyone, and Ms. Y. would be well served listening to him.
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Discussion 3 : 06 Feb 2013 at 12.593
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Who is this guy, from another hitherto unheard of committee, submitting yet another bill or suggestion so the govt can conveniently feel pressured to at least accept and proceed with an amnesty bill. For starters, an executive degree from a ruling party that was closely allied to the deliberate instigating of unpeaceful trouble, is an abuse of power. Secondly, as we all know, pushing it through parliament is also waste of debate time because the coalition will blithely support it. One has to wonder at the intelligence of these experts, without some sort of remorse and conditions amnesty is a recipe for further divisiveness.
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Discussion 2 : 06 Feb 2013 at 05.302
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Who is the red leader. The Government leader is known. Even the boss of the ground commander of the Black Shirts is known.

Jatuporn, Nattawut , Weng and Verra etc point out they were co-leaders. Not one claims the title of red leader. Not one proudly says, I am the boss. If they will not identify themselves as the formal red leaders logically they must have been following another person orders.

Who gave the order to march in 2009 and 2010. Only when that person or persons are formally identified can reconciliation begin.
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Discussion 1 : 06 Feb 2013 at 02.441
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"According to the bill's Article 3 the following actions undertaken during political rallies will not be considered as offences: Public statement or advertisement against the Constitution, Resisting arrest, Protests that lead to negative consequences to others or the assets of others...However, the amnesty does not appear to include those who launched the rallies, were pulling the strings behind the scenes or those who enforced law to maintain peace." - TN, January 5, 2013
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