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Anand to govt : Act quickly or risk social diaster
Published on April 22, 2010
Former prime minister Anand Panyarachun yesterday called on the Abhisit government to quickly put an end to the political turmoil, which he said could lead to society completely unravelling.
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"If you ask me, the first thing that is needed to be done is for the government to quickly end all this turmoil and bring back peace, or we may experience a social disaster," Anand said. "The conflict has been about heads of the two camps fighting, but now the general public are suffering and some people have not been able to earn their living [including the red shirts]."
He said it was sad to see poor people having to sit out in the sun and the rain for weeks, deprived of a chance to live a proper life.
"There can be protests, but there shouldn't be such intensity of hatred or yearning for revenge," Anand said. "This is really a time when everyone has to start talking and bring back peace."
He had slight criticism for former prime ministers Chavalit Yongchaiyudh and Somchai Wongsawat following their controversial call for royal intervention in the political crisis. The call was made in an untraditional manner and the two were seeking an audience with His Majesty the King in an untraditional way, Anand said.
Meanwhile, Somchai met the National Human Rights Commission yesterday to endorse the red shirts' claims of severe human rights abuses on April 10, the day protesters clashed with troops, leaving 25 dead and more than 800 injured.
Showing the red shirts' videos of the April 10 events to the commission, Somchai said the government attempted to get away with the bloodshed by labelling some of the protesters "terrorists".
Somchai said he urged the commission to go on TV and demand an end to violent measures against the anti-government protesters. He said the red shirts had been willing to negotiate with the government but "the situation had changed".
Somchai, however, did not rule out renewed peace talks, with the commission serving as a mediator.
Commission members declined comment after the meeting.
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