Chalerm vows to help get Thaksin pardoned

Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung Thursday vowed to rectify the conviction of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, though he said he was not quite what action he would take.

"This is a big issue and I need time to think things through," he said.

Chalerm explained that Thaksin had not been found guilty of corruption and that the Supreme Court's verdict was about the violation of constitutional edicts.

However, he did not clarify how he deduced that the verdict was related to constitutionrelated offences when the judicial decision was based on conflictofinterest provisions prescribed by the antigraft law.

The Nation