Senators tell PM dissolve parliament Thu, November 07, 2013 03:02 PM The self-named Group of 40 Senators, who are mostly appointed, on Thursday called on the prime minister to dissolve parliament and call a general election to return the power to the people. In an interview with Democrat Party-owned Blue Sky satellite TV channel, Somchai Sawaengkarn, a member of the group, said the senatorshad passed a resolution to demand that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatradissolve parliament. Mr Somchai said the government has lost the peoplestrust to the point where it is impossible to regain it. On the blanket amnesty bill, he said the public could not trust the government’s promise that it would not later revive and pass the bill into law ifthe Senate rejects it and sends it back to the House. He described the bill as one of the worst pieces of legislation in Thai political history. He said a dissolution of parliament was the best way for the government to resolve thesituation now that its push for a blanket amnesty had brought people nationwide out on to the streets in protest.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 19:29:29 +0000
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