(Bangkok Post File Photo)The government whip has proposed setting up a special House committee to discuss among all political parties what a new amnesty bill should look like. Hence, we think it would be best for us to begin with considerable discussion in a formal House committee comprising both government and opposition parties,” he said on Tuesday. He said an urgent motion would be filed requesting the formation of the committee, which would have one representative from each political party. Pheu Thai has yet to draw up an amnesty bill and would never propose its own version as a model for a joint draft expected later when the new House committee reaches a conclusion on the scope of the bill, Mr Chusak said. “We don’t want to see a new amnesty bill provoke a new wave of social division when it is submitted to the House for deliberation,” said Mr Chusak.
