Sonthi will not withdraw reconciliation bill - for now
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Matubhum Party leader Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin insisted Friday that he would go on sponsoring his version of national reconciliation bill.
Sonthi said he would not withdraw the bill from the House agenda unless opinion surveys found that the bill should be pulled out.
Sonthi was commenting on proposal of House Speaker Somsak Kiartsuranon that the Mathubhum leader and Pheu Thai MPs should withdraw their reconciliation bills or the country would plunge deeper into political crisis.
The four national reconciliation bills sponsored by Sonthi and his group and by Pheu Thai MPs have been put on top of the House agenda and would be the first bills to be deliberated after Parliament convenes the next parliamentary session on August 1.
Sonthi said he regarded that his bill would not cause political conflicts.
The Nation
