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Local News PAD readies to protest constitution changes Yellow shirts gather to prepare strategy By: AEKARACH SATTABURUTH Published: 4/05/2009 at 12:00 AM Newspaper section: News The People's Alliance for Democracy will meet at the end of the month to decide whether to renew its street protests after its leaders voiced opposition to proposed constitutional amendments and the granting of an amnesty to banned politicians.
The PAD leaders said the alliance would hold a meeting on May 24 and 25 to map out their strategy. The meeting will draw supporters from across the country.
PAD coordinator Suriyasai Katasila said the gathering had already been prepared.
Key members of the PAD came together yesterday as Sondhi Limthongkul, one of the group's core leaders, addressed a news conference on the attempt to assassinate him on April 17.
The members announced the PAD's position on the political situation and said they opposed the proposed charter amendment, particularly the idea of giving amnesty to banned politicians.
Parliament has set up two committees to study constitutional amendments and to investigate the Songkran red shirt riots. The panels will set the scene for the entire process of political reform and reconciliation, as suggested by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
PAD core leader Somsak Kosaisuk said the alliance disagreed with the proposed changes to the charter, which was endorsed by 14.7 million people across the country in a referendum in 2007.
The PAD said any move to add an amnesty clause to the charter to clear the names of politicians who commit political wrongdoing was unacceptable.
Mr Somsak said the amendment process was illegitimate considering the involvement of politicians in the process themselves.
"Amending the charter is not part of the political reform process," Mr Somsak said. "The state of politics today is largely plagued with corruption."
He said it was wrong to equate the granting of an amnesty to a reconciliation and that reconciliation must begin with judicial procedures.
Pibhop Dhongchai, another PAD core leader, said the constitution was not the cause of political problems.
He said the problems resulted from politicians who refused to adjust to the constitution, which had imposed strict controls on their behaviour.
"If politicians change their behaviour in line with the constitution, the new [cleaner] politics will be in place instantly," Mr Pibhop said.
He did not think the charter rewrite would be a success because it lacked the participation of people from the wider public.
Another PAD leader, Somkiat Pongpaiboon, said the political situation was now fluid and unstable and the lives of many political figures, including the prime minister, were at great risk because of the political unrest.
He said the defeat of pro-Thaksin groups had prompted them to change tactics.
The conflict has now been taken to parliament, with the issue of the charter amendment and the amnesty at the centre of controversy.
PAD core leader Chamlong Srimuang said the recent unrest and riots had happened because the government did not do enough to enforce the law.
Puea Thai MP for Yasothon Peerapan Palusuk brushed aside the PAD's opposition to the charter change, saying such a stand would not affect the process to review the constitution.
The committee has been set up to study the charter amendments and Mr Abhisit himself has made it clear he had supported the charter rewrite move.
Mr Peerapan said if the charter amendment led to political tensions, the matter should be put to a referendum and the PAD must accept the outcome.
"The PAD is only a minority and [their view] is not always correct. They will know what the majority of people think," Mr Peerapan said.
Natthawut Saikua, a leader of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, said the red shirts had backed calls for changes to the charter, which would help the country return to democracy.
Mr Abhisit stressed the charter amendment process must be open and participatory. "It's important that we find ways to ease political tensions based on righteousness," he said.
REDS' RALLY Reds to set record straight on Sunday By The Nation
Published on May 5, 2009
The Democratic Alliance against Dictatorship will be holding a major rally in the Don Mueang area on Sunday to allegedly set the record straight about what happened during the Songkran Day riots. window.google_render_ad();
DAAD leader Veera Musikapong said yesterday at a press conference at the D-Station that the red shirts would gather at Wat Pai Kiew to hold a Chinese-style party from 4pm to midnight. Pheu Thai MP and red-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan said they would discuss what had happened during Songkran. He also dismissed Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's statement that the emergency decree had to be imposed after some protesters cornered him at the Interior Ministry. The prime minister's car was battered by red-shirt crowds and he narrowly escaped a physical assault. Jatuporn also rejected a statement from PM's Secretary-General Nipon Promphan that the red shirts had attacked him, saying what actually happened was that the protesters helped remove Nipon from the car. He said the red shirts would "reveal the truth" about what happened on that day in a chronological manner. "We will reveal that this government is a tyrant and a murderer,'' he said. Abhisit said he was willing to let D-Station resume broadcasting if it promised not to provoke unrest and intimidate the media. Meanwhile, National Police Commissioner General Patcharawat Wongsuwan said the police would use strict measures on Sunday to keep law and order. He added that there were no intelligence reports as to whether the red shirts were planning to disrupt the Asean meeting of health ministers at Bangkok's Dusit Thani Hotel on Thursday and Friday. In Chiang Mai, about 30 red shirts led by DAAD leader Surachai Sae Dan met at a hotel to chart out their political direction. Petcharawat Wattanapongsirikul, a red-shirt leader in Chiang Mai, said the DAAD people would close their accounts with Bangkok Bank because it supported the People's Alliance for Democracy. Another DAAD leader, Somyos Prueksakasemsuk, said the closing of bank accounts was a peaceful struggle and that every citizen had the right to do so. He said the red shirts would not pressure the government by disrupting the Asean meeting, but will demand that the government allow D-Station to start broadcasting.
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