Reconciliation panel to choose leader
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The 38-member special parliamentary committee on national reconciliation will elect a chairman when it meets for the first time at Government House at 10am Friday.
The panel was appointed Thursday with a 271:5 vote after the conclusion of a debate kicked off on Wednesday. The committee includes National Security Council secretary-general Wichean Potephosree, Pheu Thai MP Jatuporn Promphan, Council of State secretary-general Achporn Charuchinda, Democrat MP Ongart Klampaiboon and Bhum Jai Thai MP Supachai Jaisamut.
Matubhum MP General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who had initially proposed that the committee be established, is also a member.
The Nation
