Seri Suwanpanont, a prominent figure in the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA), on Monday refuted criticism that the body was merely a political pawn, and called for everyone to look at the process that aimed to unravel political issues that had accumulated in the past 10 years.

DEMOCRAT Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday questioned the rationale behind a political reform idea to overhaul political affiliation by “resetting” current party memberships and requiring all members to re-register.