New law would reprieve political offenders
The National Legislative Assembly plans to propose a draft law to the government offering a penalty reprieved for those who committed politically-motivated criminal offences as part of the unity-building process. NLA vice- president Pirasak Porcit said the 33 section bill is being reviewed by the assembly and will be forwarded to the Committee for National Administration under the Framework of National Reform, Strategy and Reconciliation for consideration. The draft, prepared by the NLA’s committee on politics headed by Klanarong Chanthik, is hoped to be considered along with other proposals to help foster national unity and heal political divisiveness, he said. The draft law involves the justice administration process for politically motivated cases between 2005 and May 22, 2014 when the coup was staged to end the stalemate.
