Reconciliation ‘relies on govt’
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THE charter drafters’ reconciliation sub-panel has come up with a framework that will be proposed during a review of the draft early next year.
An unconfirmed report from a source in Parliament said the panel, chaired by Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) member and ex-National Intelligence Agency director Pumarat Thaksadipong, proposed reconciliation in three phrases.
The first involves creating the right atmosphere for reconciliation, which the source said could be achieved if the government took swift action to defuse the “blame game” and prevent dissemination of false and misleading information, as well as other provocations.
The second phase would be to form a reconciliation committee to facilitate cooperation and dialogue among the various factions. And the last phase was about rehabilitation and amnesty, excluding cases of serious crimes and lese majeste, with the precondition of a fair justice process.
The panel said the justice process could be a starting point to pave the way for reconciliation, but the process must be fair and impartial so that people accept it. Cases had to be conducted speedily so the root causes of conflict could be proven and disseminated to society, the source said. Greater understanding about the process was necessary to promote public acceptance.
The panel also noted that corruption was a fundamental problem that needed to be seriously addressed.
