Parties urged to explain path to peace
Bangkok Post
TRC says crackdowns,amnesty aren't enough
Bangkok Post
Published: 22/04/2011
Political parties should announce their stance on reconciliation and outline measures to prevent post-election disputes, the Truth for Reconciliation Commission says.
Parties should also try to ensure that the election is fair and free from violence, said TRC chairman Kanit na Nakhon.
He was speaking as the TRC yesterday released its first six-monthly progress report.
It is investigating the April-May 2010 clashes.
"The TRC believes that an election without a clear passage toward reconciliation cannot permanently solve the conflict," the report states.
"TRC asks that all parties state explicitly, in advance of the election, their intended policies for leading our country to reconciliation and away from disputes after the election."
Neither an amnesty for those involved in the clashes nor strict enforcement of criminal law against the red shirt demonstrators was a sustainable solution, the report said. "The best solution to this problem is for people to understand how our country arrived in this situation and to learn together how to find a way out."
The government and those involved in law enforcement and the judicial process should also fairly exercise state authority and enforce the law, as well as ensuring fairness in the judicial process, the TRC said.
The charges pressed against anti-government protesters should not be exaggerated, and those protesters should have the chance to defend themselves against the charges.
The government and law enforcement officers should give them an assurance that agencies in the judicial system under the supervision of the executive branch would carry out their duties independently and impartially without any intervention.
The TRC also gave a recommendation on the lese majeste law, saying that all sides should be careful about invoking the law during political conflicts.
Enforcement of the law should not create a condition that any political group could abuse for its own interest.
Mr Kanit said the crisis in April and May last year seemed to have derived from the disputes between political groups.
In fact, the crisis developed from problems in the country's political and social structures. Those factors were complicated by a weakness in the country's judicial process and legitimacy of state mechanisms after the 2006 coup that toppled the Thaksin Shinawatra regime.
The TRC has handed its progress report to the government, Mr Kanit said.
The report mainly covers the TRC's inquiry into the deaths during the clashes between protesters and security forces. The victims comprised 89 people killed in Bangkok, two in Ubon Ratchathani and one in Khon Kaen.
The report said three issues are holding back its inquiries.
They are a lack of power to subpoena witnesses or evidence, a lack of witness protection and a lack of credibility due to the fact that the TRC was established by the government.
Political parties should announce their stance on reconciliation and outline measures to prevent post-election disputes, the Truth for Reconciliation Commission says.
Parties should also try to ensure that the election is fair and free from violence, said TRC chairman Kanit na Nakhon.
He was speaking as the TRC yesterday released its first six-monthly progress report.
It is investigating the April-May 2010 clashes.
"The TRC believes that an election without a clear passage toward reconciliation cannot permanently solve the conflict," the report states.
"TRC asks that all parties state explicitly, in advance of the election, their intended policies for leading our country to reconciliation and away from disputes after the election."
Neither an amnesty for those involved in the clashes nor strict enforcement of criminal law against the red shirt demonstrators was a sustainable solution, the report said. "The best solution to this problem is for people to understand how our country arrived in this situation and to learn together how to find a way out."
The government and those involved in law enforcement and the judicial process should also fairly exercise state authority and enforce the law, as well as ensuring fairness in the judicial process, the TRC said.
The charges pressed against anti-government protesters should not be exaggerated, and those protesters should have the chance to defend themselves against the charges.
The government and law enforcement officers should give them an assurance that agencies in the judicial system under the supervision of the executive branch would carry out their duties independently and impartially without any intervention.
The TRC also gave a recommendation on the lese majeste law, saying that all sides should be careful about invoking the law during political conflicts.
Enforcement of the law should not create a condition that any political group could abuse for its own interest.
Mr Kanit said the crisis in April and May last year seemed to have derived from the disputes between political groups.
In fact, the crisis developed from problems in the country's political and social structures. Those factors were complicated by a weakness in the country's judicial process and legitimacy of state mechanisms after the 2006 coup that toppled the Thaksin Shinawatra regime.
The TRC has handed its progress report to the government, Mr Kanit said.
The report mainly covers the TRC's inquiry into the deaths during the clashes between protesters and security forces. The victims comprised 89 people killed in Bangkok, two in Ubon Ratchathani and one in Khon Kaen.
The report said three issues are holding back its inquiries.
They are a lack of power to subpoena witnesses or evidence, a lack of witness protection and a lack of credibility due to the fact that the TRC was established by the government.
Source: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/233116/parties-urged-to-explain-path-to-peace
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