Thai Ruling Party Shelves Amnesty Bills, Constitutional Changes
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Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s ruling party shelved consideration of constitutional amendments and bills that may provide amnesty for her brother when Parliament reconvenes today.
The Pheu Thai party agreed yesterday to postpone a vote on setting up a body to rewrite the constitution while it consults coalition parties over the next two months, according to spokesman Prompong Nopparit. Bills providing a broad amnesty for political crimes that would include former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra were also put on hold, he said.