Somsak to ask Sonthi, Pheu Thai to withdraw reconciliation bills
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House Speaker Somsak Kiatsuranon said Thursday that he would ask the sponsors of reconciliation bills to withdraw them from House agenda to reduce political tension and graphics.
Somsak said four reconciliation bills are pending the first reading when the next parliamentary session begins on August 1 but he saw that the bills should be first withdrawn.
Somsak the bills should be withdraw pending public hearings on reconciliation measures as suggested by the King Prajadhipok’s Institute.
The for bills were sponsored by Matubhum Party leader Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin and Pheu Thai Party MPs.
Somsak said he raised the suggestion with Sonthi but the Matubhum leader, who headed a special House committee on reconciliation measures, had not yet accepted or rejected his proposal.
Somsak said he would also raise the issue with the strategic committee of the Pheu Thai.
The Nation
