'Tough task in store' for reconciliation committeeDefusing the escalating political tensions through a panel tasked with forging national reconciliation will be a tough challenge given the extremely complex nature of the conflict, says the head of the King Prajadhipok's Institute, the organisation that has been commissioned to study the committee's set-up. The remark was made by Woothisarn Tanchai, the institute's secretary-general, after Parliament president Chuan Leekpai proposed establishing the reconciliation committee, and to hire the institute to study its composition as a possible solution to the current political conflict. Mr Chuan said parliament should rely on the institute to provide suggestions on who should sit on the committee and whether representatives of the youth-led, anti-dictatorship protestors should also be invited to join. Mr Woothisarn told the Bangkok Post that the committee has a very difficult task ahead of it. Mr Woothisarn said the current political climate is unlike any conflicts seen in the past.

Source: Bangkok Post October 28, 2020 23:48 UTC