Reconciliation “already half done”: Army chief
Reconciliation scheme is already half successful, Army Chief Gen Chalermchai Sitthisart boasted on Tuesday while calling on all sides to take a step back and find a common ground.
“Now everyone and every group joins the scheme. That can be considered half successful already,” the army chief claimed. “Had nobody participated, we could have called it a failure.”
He said all that was left to do was to carry out the reconciliation until it is completed. Then, all the opinions should be processed to determine how all sides can go from here together, he said. If everyone agreed, then there would be a resolution and maybe all sides could sign contract, Chalermchai said.
Unofficial meetings between the authorities and conflicting parties to discuss the results of the scheme were possible, the army chief remarked. “Nobody will get everything they want, but if all were willing to take a step back, they could go together in the end”, he said.
He conceded it was impossible to bring perfect harmony with in a matter of months. However, if everyone wanted the country to move forward, they would put difficulties aside and resolve them later after the election, Chalermchai said.
