POLITICS

Chief coalition whip allays fear of unity bills deliberation

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The chief coalition whip Monday set out to allay opponents' fears that the four national reconciliation bills would be deliberated, saying the bills would be indefinitely put on hold.

Pheu Thai MP Udomdej Ratanasathien said if the House finished deliberating the 10 bills put on top of the House agenda, the coalition would not proceed to deliberate the reconciliation bills.

He said there were several other bills pending deliberation so they would be moved up the agenda after the 10 bills are passed.

He said there were bills seeking to amend the antimoney laundering law and antiterrorism law that the Justice Ministry wants to be passed urgently.

He said the deliberations of the pending bills would take months so it was impossible for the coalition to proceed with the deliberations of the reconciliation bills.

The People's Alliance for Democracy has threatened to hold a rally in front of Parliament if the coalition proceeds with the deliberation of the bills, which are seen as attempts to whitewash legal cases against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Udomdej said coalition whips were asked to explain to their party and their supporters that the coalition would not deliberate the reconciliation bills for now.

On the charter amendments, Udomdej said the joint working committee of the coalition would meet on August 7 to discuss the framework of amendments.

The meeting would be held at the Pheu Thai with 11 representatives of the party.

-- The Nation 2012-08-06

Trying a positive spin on the depressing reality, at least future leader is taller than the current.

In meetings he will tower over his contemporaries, Kim il Sung for one. Big Bob M. is also wheelchair bound so no stature there.

I wonder if the Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism debates will help the likes of Thaksin and Jutaporn in anyway whatsoever???

Obviously they will help them or their ilk along the way, otherwise these topics would not be deemed important enough to get priority over the Thaksin National Reconciliation bill