Reconciliation law needed: Yongyuth
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Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit on Wednesday said a legislation was needed in order to bring about the national reconciliation.
“I plan to consult with relevant parties in regard to the reconciliation law,” he said.
Yongyuth said the government had already received and reviewed the Sonthi Boonyaratglin report on reconciliation as commissioned by Parliament.
He said he was in charge of deciding the next move on how to implement the Sonthi report.
In his opinion, reconciliation could only be achieved through the legislative process, he said, though sidestepping a questher whether such legislation would be focused on fence-mending or amnesty.
He said Parliament would take charge of pushing for the passage of the reconciliation law, dismissing the speculation that the government or the ruling Pheu Thai Party will spearhead the move.
