Ukrit calls for amnesty for coupmakers, political prisoners
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Former Parliament president Ukrit Mongkolnavin has recommended amnesty for the 2006 coupmakers and for political prisoners once a section of the Constitution that relates to them is changed, in order to create an atmosphere of reconciliation.
Rewriting the entire 2007 Constitution would result in the automatic cancellation of Article 309, which is the provision protecting the 2006 coupmakers. Therefore, amnesty should be given to them and to political prisoners, while the criminal justice process should go on, he said.
Ukrit, who was Parliament president exofficio and is now chairman of the governmentappointed Independent National Rule of Law Commission, issued a statement saying the amendment of the 2007 Constitution is necessary as the charter was not linked to the people, who are the holders of political power.
The Nation
