Surayud: Let’s talkDemands by Thaksin, govt still unchanged
21/12/2009
Bangkok Post
The offer by Privy Councillor Surayud Chulanont to help mediate a political truce has met with mainly indifference from the country's two main antagonists.
Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday cautiously welcomed the offer by Gen Surayud to mediate talks with the government to end their long-standing feud.
But Thaksin questioned whether the idea was the privy councillor's own initiative.
"Having listened to what Gen Surayud said, I wonder whether it was his own idea or was he being dictated to take that step," the former premier said on his Twitter internet page from Phnom Penh. He did not elaborate.
Thaksin stressed the need for all parties to enter the talks with an open mind.
"It takes two to tango," he said.
Gen Surayud on Friday offered himself as a mediator to settle the differences between Thaksin and the Abhisit administration.
The former army chief was installed as prime minister following the 2006 coup that toppled Thaksin from power.
Thaksin's legal adviser, Noppadon Pattama, after consulting his boss on Saturday, said Thaksin's conditions for a truce remained the same as previously stated.
He wants a return to the 1997 constitution which was replaced after the coup, a dissolution of the House and a new election, the results of which he promised all political parties would recognise.
Mr Noppadon also touched on Thaksin's court trial, calling it unfair. Thaksin was sentenced to two years in jail in October 2008 for using his position to help his then wife Khunying Potjaman buy a choice piece of state land at a discounted price.
He also said it was not fair to seize Thaksin's assets in connection with other alleged offences.
Mr Noppadon said his client was willing to negotiate but expected sincerity from the other parties, including an end to double standards in the judicial process.
"As long as double standards continue to be applied in this country, such rifts will never be healed," he said.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday did not rule out negotiations but made it clear the government was in no mood to compromise.
"The door would never be completely closed," he said. "The problem is what will be negotiated.
"I still stand by my position that Pol Col Thaksin must accept Thai law. Once he does that, the public will forgive him for what he had done."
The prime minister did not go into detail, but the government has made it clear Thaksin must return to Thailand to serve his sentence.
This would be a first step to his rehabilitation.
Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said negotiations would not be possible under the conditions set by the Thaksin camp.
He believed Thaksin was taking a two-pronged approach by trying to open talks with the government and at the same time using the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship to exert pressure outside parliament in a bid to bring down the administration.
The UDD is planning another street rally next month.
The latest attack by the UDD and its political ally, the opposition Puea Thai Party, led to the disclosure of a classified document which Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya is said to have crafted for the prime minister, on how to get even with Thaksin for damaging relations between Thailand and Cambodia.
Some in the opposition say the document calls for the most drastic action to get rid of the problem of Thaksin, a claim Mr Abhisit denies.
The two camps have continued to trade accusations over the issue.
The prime minister said again yesterday the opposition and UDD intentionally distorted the facts by claiming a plot to assassinate Thaksin was suggested in the confidential paper. No such word was ever mentioned or suggested.
It also called for a cautious approach to handling ties with Cambodia.
Mr Noppadon, a former foreign minister, accused Mr Kasit of damaging the ministry's reputation by recommending to the prime minister that he eliminate his arch-rival.
Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday cautiously welcomed the offer by Gen Surayud to mediate talks with the government to end their long-standing feud.
But Thaksin questioned whether the idea was the privy councillor's own initiative.
"Having listened to what Gen Surayud said, I wonder whether it was his own idea or was he being dictated to take that step," the former premier said on his Twitter internet page from Phnom Penh. He did not elaborate.
Thaksin stressed the need for all parties to enter the talks with an open mind.
"It takes two to tango," he said.
Gen Surayud on Friday offered himself as a mediator to settle the differences between Thaksin and the Abhisit administration.
The former army chief was installed as prime minister following the 2006 coup that toppled Thaksin from power.
Thaksin's legal adviser, Noppadon Pattama, after consulting his boss on Saturday, said Thaksin's conditions for a truce remained the same as previously stated.
He wants a return to the 1997 constitution which was replaced after the coup, a dissolution of the House and a new election, the results of which he promised all political parties would recognise.
Mr Noppadon also touched on Thaksin's court trial, calling it unfair. Thaksin was sentenced to two years in jail in October 2008 for using his position to help his then wife Khunying Potjaman buy a choice piece of state land at a discounted price.
He also said it was not fair to seize Thaksin's assets in connection with other alleged offences.
Mr Noppadon said his client was willing to negotiate but expected sincerity from the other parties, including an end to double standards in the judicial process.
"As long as double standards continue to be applied in this country, such rifts will never be healed," he said.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday did not rule out negotiations but made it clear the government was in no mood to compromise.
"The door would never be completely closed," he said. "The problem is what will be negotiated.
"I still stand by my position that Pol Col Thaksin must accept Thai law. Once he does that, the public will forgive him for what he had done."
The prime minister did not go into detail, but the government has made it clear Thaksin must return to Thailand to serve his sentence.
This would be a first step to his rehabilitation.
Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said negotiations would not be possible under the conditions set by the Thaksin camp.
He believed Thaksin was taking a two-pronged approach by trying to open talks with the government and at the same time using the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship to exert pressure outside parliament in a bid to bring down the administration.
The UDD is planning another street rally next month.
The latest attack by the UDD and its political ally, the opposition Puea Thai Party, led to the disclosure of a classified document which Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya is said to have crafted for the prime minister, on how to get even with Thaksin for damaging relations between Thailand and Cambodia.
Some in the opposition say the document calls for the most drastic action to get rid of the problem of Thaksin, a claim Mr Abhisit denies.
The two camps have continued to trade accusations over the issue.
The prime minister said again yesterday the opposition and UDD intentionally distorted the facts by claiming a plot to assassinate Thaksin was suggested in the confidential paper. No such word was ever mentioned or suggested.
It also called for a cautious approach to handling ties with Cambodia.
Mr Noppadon, a former foreign minister, accused Mr Kasit of damaging the ministry's reputation by recommending to the prime minister that he eliminate his arch-rival.
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ទោះជាយ៉ាងណាក៏ដោយក្រុមអ្នកតាមដានស្ថានការណ៍នយោបាយប្រទេសកម្ពុជា បានមើលឃើញថាចំណុចអវិជ្ជមានទាំងនោះហាក់មិនទាន់រសាត់ទៅណាឆ្ងាយពីផ្នត់គំនិតរបស់អ្នកនយោបាយនៅឡើយទេ។ ជាក់ស្តែងឥឡូវនេះក្នុងខណៈពេលដែលប្រទេសជាតិកំពុងតែឆ្លងកាត់ដំណាក់កាលដ៏តឹងតែងមួយនៃការការពារបូរណភាពទឹកដីអ្នកនយោបាយខ្មែរនៅតែមិនអាចចុះសម្រុងគ្នាស្តីពីដំណោះស្រាយបញ្ហាព្រំដែនដដែល។
មិនត្រឹមតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ ជម្លោះផ្ទៃក្នុងស្តីពីបញ្ហាព្រំដែនបាននិងកំពុងក្លាយជាវិបត្តិនយោបាយដ៏តានតឹងមួយរវាងគណបក្សកាន់អំណាចនិងបក្សប្រឆាំងទៅវិញ។ តើជម្លោះបែកបាក់គ្នានេះបាននាំមកនូវផលចំណេញអ្វីខ្លះជូនប្រទេសជាតិ? ទាំងនេះសបញ្ជាក់ឲ្យឃើញថាគ្រោះថ្នាក់ដែលកើតចេញពីជម្លោះនយោបាយនៅតែអាចកើតមានឡើងបានគ្រប់ពេលវេលា។
ជាពិសេសនៅពេលណាដែលអ្នកនយោបាយជាប់ដៃឈ្លោះគ្នាពួកគេច្រើនតែភ្លេចគិតពីសុខទុក្ខនៃពលរដ្ឋរបស់ខ្លួនដោយរវល់តែប្រើពេលវេលាដើម្បីរិះរកមធ្យោបាយការពារផលប្រយោជន៍នយោបាយរៀងៗខ្លួន ទោះបីជាមធ្យោបាយខ្លះប៉ះពាល់ដល់ប្រយោជន៍ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋក៏ដោយ។
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