Bangkok – Deputy Prime Minister for Legal Affairs Wissanu Krea-ngam has clarified that the government’s national reconciliation plan does not include the granting of pardons to those convicted of political offenses.
Commenting on the work of a government-appointed committee tasked with mapping out a policy framework for national reform, Wissanu said the reconciliation effort is making progress despite a slow start, thanks to Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan who has been at the forefront of the reconciliation process.
Wissanu also pleaded with the public and the media not to make a connection between reconciliation and amnesty, saying that the former is merely about building peace and unity in the nation and that the current administration has never talked about any issues related to amnesty.
He admitted that building unity and reconciliation is a herculean task because 90% of the work involves members of the public, and pointed out that such a task would be too great and too difficult without the help and cooperation of the people.
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