Pheu Thai says does not seek change to Article 112
The Pheu Thai Party has no policy to amend Article 112 of the Criminal Code, which involves lese majeste offences, deputy party spokesman Sunisa Lerpakawat said yesterday.
According to Sunisa, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said the move to amend the law governing lese majeste offences had nothing to do with the party, but the Democrat Party had tried to attribute ill intentions to it. She said Article 291 was the only part of the Constitution the party wants to amend. Pheu Thai Nonthaburi MP Udomdet Rattanasathien will today announce the party’s roadmap on charter amendment.
Sunisa attacked the Opposition for seeking the Constitution Court’s interpretation of two executive decrees, accusing the party of blocking the government’s efforts to help flood victims.
Democrat Party spokesperson Chavanond Intarakomalsut said he would today reveal the link between the Nitirat group and the red shirts. He was referring to Pheu Thai party-list MP Chatuporn Prompan and Deputy Agriculture Minister Nattawut Saikua’s abandonment of the attempt to amend Article 112.
The Nitirat group has been campaigning to amend Article 112, claiming the law is outdated and in need of an overhaul.
