Setting up a “national government” is not the best solution to mitigate the political conflict at the moment, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Wednesday, after a political veteran proposed the solution days before.
Bangkok Post online quoted Abhisit as saying that it could make the public think that political parties were getting together for their own benefit, not for the people.
The idea is being pushed by Pracharaj party leader Sanoh Thienthong, who on May 4 reiterated forming a national government would be the most appropriate for the current political situation, after the anti-government United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) held prolonged rallies in Bangkok from late March to mid-April demanding Abhisit to step down, which escalated to clashes with security forces and local residents, leaving more than 100 injured and two dead.
By saying national government, the political veteran meant a government that is participated in by all political and economic sections and the civil society, especially at the grass root level, not one that only includes coalition parties as the Democrat-led government at the moment.
Abhisit also said the three sub-panels appointed by the parliamentary committee on reconciliation, constitutional amendment and political reform, which so far include no outsiders, are willing to listen to public opinion.
The sub-committees were set up on Tuesday, one assigned to each of the three major tasks.
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