The ruling Pheu Thai Party and its coalition partners are firmly opposed to any attempts to include lese majeste in the list of offences that would be pardoned under any new political amnesty bill.
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The ruling Pheu Thai Party and its coalition partners are firmly opposed to any attempts to include lese majeste in the list of offences that would be pardoned under any new political amnesty bill.
They reiterated their stance last Thursday, as the House of Representatives reviewed a report prepared by a special House committee studying options for a bill, which drew mixed reactions from lawmakers from both camps.
The report outlined the results of the committee’s research into various forms of an amnesty that could be pursued.
The committee outlined three possible options — full amnesty, conditional amnesty, or no amnesty — which lawmakers are scheduled to vote for later this week.
Those from the opposition party, the People’s Party (PP), advocated including offences outlined under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, also known as the lese majeste…