Prem-Thaksin talks good but not a solution: Noppadon
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The talks between chief royal adviser Prem Tinsulanonda and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, if happened, is a welcoming move but will not bring about national reconciliation.
“The conflict can not be resolved like (cooking) instant noodle,” Thaksin’s legal adviser Noppadon Pattama said on Thursday.
Noppadon said the poltical conflict involved a complex set of issues related to the unbalanced social structure. This was not a matter to resolved by two individuals, he added.
He said he foresaw positive things to come out if Prem and Thaksin talked to one another, the individual talks alone could not all outstanding issues.
“If two men can push a button and order everyone to comply, then what will happen to the country when the two pass on?”
He said even if the talks took place, Thaksin would have to face certain restraints in raising issues because Prem’s position was beyond political reproach.
On Wednesday, Chart Thai Pattana MP Sanan Kachornprasart said only two individuals could bring about reconciliation. He later clarified that he meant for Prem and Thaksin.
The Nation
