Amnesty bill not discussed by cabinet

Amnesty bill not discussed by cabinet

The draft amnesty bill proposed by Ukrit Mongkolnavin was not tabled for the cabinet to consider at today's meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Pongthep Thepkanchana said on Tuesday.

Mr Ukrit, chairman of the National Rule of Law Commission, said earlier at a press conference that he had sent a letter to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra asking the cabinet to quickly consider the NRLC's draft amnesty bill,  so that it could be tabled for deliberation by parliament as soon as possible.

The bill seeks would grant amnesty to people involved in political rallies from Sept 19, 2006 to May 10, 2011. It comprises six articles and excludes officials and leaders of political rallies.

Mr Pongthep said the NRLC's draft was not on today's cabinet agenda.

On the proposal for a charter amendment referendum, Mr Pongthep said the government has commissioned Chulalongkorn, Thammasat and Ramkhamhaeng universities to make a study of the issue.  The study time frame was 60 days.

Government spokesman Tossaporn Serirak said under normal procedure a draft bill of this kind would have to first go first to the Council of State, the government's legal advisory body, for examination.

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