Democrats to hold talks in Northeast in March
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The Democrat Party will hold a major seminar on its "blueprint" for the Kingdom in March, with further seminars to be held throughout the year. The party aims to attract more than 1,000 participants to each event, secretary-general Chalermchai Srion said.
He said the Democrats believe they are accepted by the people, and that party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva would be able to visit and stay overnight safely in any province in the Northeast.
The Northeast is the stronghold of the ruling Pheu Thai Party and of the red-shirt movement.
The seminar project is seen as a way of countering the government’s plan for the Interior Ministry to hold talks on reconciliation and to promote a national referendum on charter change.
Chalermchai said that if the government proceeds with a vote on the third reading of the Constitution amendment bill that is still before Parliament without conducting a referendum, further political turmoil would occur. The people would protest and the law would have to be submitted to the Constitution Court again, he said, adding that the referendum was a way for the government to buy time.
