Southern civic groups want peace talks in parallel with Gov-BRN talks

[snoop1130]

 

Civic groups in restive Deep South are calling for parallel peace talks, between the government and the people and people to people, to run alongside the government-Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) negotiations, to find a political solution to the decades-long violent conflict.

 

Fa-id Krasi, of the Fa Sai Association to Promote Peace Among Youth, said that more space should be open for parallel peace talks, because conflict remains between the government and the people and among the people themselves.

 

Rujirada Wongkaew, another youth leader in the Deep South, said that some of the violence in the region stems from mistrust and misunderstanding between various groups of people.

 

Caption: File photo

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-02-08

 

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[RichardColeman]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

said that some of the violence in the region stems from mistrust and misunderstanding between various groups of people.

Rest is just the flaming religion then ?

[KhunLA]

Civic groups want to talk about a truce, but apparently not the BRN.  So the killing won't really stop.

 

Nothing really to talk about.  Keep playing terrorist, keep dying.   Maybe if the civic groups would stop protecting the terrorists, the problem could be solved, and the killing stopped.

[MarcelV]

As a farang who is living in the deep south, I'm hoping for better days around the bend. We are all afraid here of when the next incident might occur. To end our fears and give the people hope for a different future, peace talks as well as strengthening the relationship between Muslims and Buddhists are necessary.

[Srikcir]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Civic groups in restive Deep South are calling for parallel peace talks

No.

Such groups can and will interrupt the peace negotiations with fractured and likely personal agendas. There is no assurance that those various groups represent the Malay Muslims or are under any financial influence to minimize changes in current Thai governance over the subject Southern Provinces.

Take a survey of Malay Muslims for reference in the current negotiations. Upon establishing a final settlement proposal, put it to the Malay Muslim people for a vote.