Thousands of Thai people flocked to major streets in the capital city
of Bangkok to demonstrate against the House of Representatives’
legislation to grant amnesty to those involved in previous unrests and bloodsheds.
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and former Deputy PM Suthep Thaugsuban joined the anti-amnesty protest.
The ruling Pheu Thai Party has made a proposal to pass the bill
granting a pardon to crimes related to political unrest since 2004.
Demonstrators
held that those who would benefit from the bill include former Thai PM
Thaksin Shinawatra, who was sentenced in absentia to a two-year jail
term by the Thai Supreme Court over a Bangkok land grab scandal, and
still remains in self-exile in Dubai.
The bill
was adopted by the House of Representatives on November 1 and is
expected to be submitted for the Senate’s approval on November 11.-VNA