Thai Premier Rules Out Thaksin Amnesty in Talks on Peace Deal
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Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he is open to any negotiation with the opposition that doesn’t include an amnesty for ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra, whom he blamed for thwarting peace deals earlier this year.
“We can talk elections, we can talk constitutional amendments, we can talk policies, but I don’t think any government would allow anyone to say, ‘Hey, I’m not going to accept the law,’” Abhisit said in an interview yesterday at Bloomberg’s New York headquarters. “If you do that, you’re just inviting more trouble in the future.”