Thailand: House to get Article 112 change Tues | Bangkok Post

Thailand: House to get Article 112 change Tues | Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post, May 27, 2012

The Campaign Committee to Amend Article 112 (CCAA 112) will on Tuesday submit to parliament a draft amendment to the section of the Criminal Code covering the lese majeste law.

Rawee Siri-issaranant, alias Wad Rawee of the Saeng Samnuek Writers group, and Yukti Mukdawijitra of the Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology at Thammasat University, said after a committee meeting that the amendment draft, signed by 27,296 people, would be submitted to the House of Repesentatives for further consideration on May 29.

He called for the signatories to gather at the Royal Plaza at 9am on Tuesday before marching to Parliament.

Mr Rawee conceded the draft might not be accepted by the House for consideration.

On the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) plan to rally in front of parliament to protest the reconciliation bill proposed by Matubhum Party leader Sonthi Boonyaratgalin, Mr Rawee said members of the campaign committee agreed with its move because they felt reconciliation could never materialise as long as the wrongdoers in the April-May 2010 political violence are not punished.

However, the group would not join the protest as it held a differing opinion from the PAD over Article 112, he said.