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Uppenbarligen vill juntan ha en amnesti för vad dom kallar ‘Honest Use of Force’ inskriven i den nya konstitution som håller på att tas fram, att redan i förväg ge militären amnesti för våld, övervåld och massakrer som dessa eventuellt kommer att begå i framtiden känns väldigt tveksamt minst sagt, som en kritiker i artikel uttryckte det så är ju redan alla anställda i olika myndigheter skyddade av lagen så länge dom ärligt utför sina uppdrag, och en annan fråga är ju "vem ska avgöra vad som är ärligt och oärligt" ?
Junta Seeks Blanket Amnesty for ‘Honest Use of Force’
By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter
Bangkok — The junta has asked drafters of the new constitution to include a blanket amnesty for any use of force deemed to protect state security.
The request is among 10 suggestions made public Wednesday to the Constitutional Drafting Committee as part of its process for writing a new charter, after the previous was dissolved when the regime seized power in May 2014.
While most of the items seem innocuous calls for democratic considerations such as more public participation and prime minister term limits, the seventh point urges drafters to insert a clause exempting the military from any civil, criminal or administrative punishment in the event that they use force in defense of national security.
“The state security policy must enshrine the duty of the state to preserve the monarchy and the independence, sovereignty and integrity of state power. Any honest use of force to preserve the security of the state from both domestic and external threats must be exempted from civil, criminal and administrative punishments,” the text reads.
The eighth point also vaguely urges the new constitution guarantee the “political rights” and “freedom of political expression” for military personnel, while the sixth point calls for a special measure to solve unspecified political “dead ends” and “vacuums,” reminiscent of the controversial “chaos clause” of the previous, failed draft document.
Samart Kaewmeechai, a member of the party which headed the former, toppled government, said he’s alarmed by these suggestions put forth by the junta, as it could be seen as coercing the new constitution’s authors.
He specifically raised his concern for the amnesty request.
“There’s no need to write that into the constitution, because if they really perform their duties honestly, they are already protected by the law,” said Samart, who has been appointed by the Pheu Thai Party to monitor the charter drafting process. “So, writing this kind of thing may signal some kind of an agenda. Who will judge what is honest and what is dishonest?”
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