Self-rule risks bedevilling talks with BRN

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Self-rule risks bedevilling talks with BRN

Published: 21 Mar 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

Call it monumental, historic or a big leap. The peace talks deal with the BRN has set many pulses racing about the prospect of our brothers and sisters in the far South living peacefully with everyone else.

Hope drives us from within. So, when news broke that a consensus has been built around the talks agreement in Kuala Lumpur, many of us assumed it might be the first step toward a ceasefire leading to permanent stability in the peace-starved region.

The talks deal we have entered into with rebel group Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) is the biggest step we have taken toward peace to date with a group we believe could help douse the inferno of violence that has consumed us economically, politically and in terms of human lives.

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bucktoui
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Discussion 4 : 22 Mar 2013 at 12.464
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I am wondering Thailand can learn a few lesson from China dealing with ethnic minority Autonomous region such as Tibet, Yunnan, Xinjiang.... These are people who believe in different religions from communist Han Chinese. In the past Chinese Communist cracked down on dissidents in these region were swift and very hard no room for breathing. I think Thailand have no choice to cut some cancer cells out in order to maintain the good tissue of society.
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Discussion 3 : 22 Mar 2013 at 00.263
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Thailand should move to a federal system, not just in the south but throughout the entire country.
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Discussion 2 : 21 Mar 2013 at 09.142
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The best way to win the war in the south is to take away the support for the terrorist. If they don't have the support from the locals and Malaysia their numbers will dwindle. For Thailand to grow it needs stability and if this means a new model for the south so be it. Thailand in any case needs to decentralise its power, too much power is centered in BKK.
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Discussion 1 : 21 Mar 2013 at 08.591
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Is Bangkok self-ruled? Ditto for Pattaya.
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