Rule of law agency pushes for amnesty bill
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The Independent National Rule of Law Commission has called on the government to grant amnesty to political protesters imprisoned between September 2006 and May 2010.
The amnesty proposal would apply to protesters arrested during the period between the 2006 coup and rallies organised by the red-shirt movement, commission chairman Ukrit Mongkolnavin said Tuesday.
He added that the amnesty, if granted, should be made a legislative act so the Parliament can scrutinise the draft provisions.
Under the commission’s proposal, legal absolution should be granted unconditionally to all protesters, except rally organisers and state officials in charge of keeping peace at the rallies.
The commission has forwarded its six-provision draft bill on amnesty for vetting by the government and has asked for legislative deliberation on the issue.
The Nation
