Stop political bickering : TRT
The government has urged relevant parties to stop bickering and join hands to map out a solution to the political crisis, saying all sides are obliged to heed His Majesty the King's call for unity.
"Politicians of all stripes should follow the royal advice given in the past few days of celebrations and sacrifice their vested interests to honour the King," caretaker PM's Office Minister Suranand Vajjajiva said on Monday.Suranand said he expected politicians to work towards reconciliation after ending the 60th anniversary celebrations for His Majesty the King's accession to the throne. Commenting on the new election, he said the upcoming poll would take place if government and opposition politicians both strive for compromise rather than outwit one another. In order to initiate the reconciliation process, he said he would suggest for his Thai Rak Thai Party to tone down its comments instead of picking a fight against its opponents. He said his ruling party would not interfere to prop up the Election Commission seen by many as losing its credibility to manage the electoral process. "The ruling party deems it necessary for the new election to be acceptable by all sides as free and fair," he said. He added that the government was willing to discuss with relevant parties regarding the scheduling of the election day if the Democrat Party was uncertain that the balloting would take place on October 15 as tentatively proposed. He said relevant parties should talk rather than organise street protests to counter one another, referring to a threat to rally by the People's Alliance for Democracy and a counterthreat by government politician Theerachai Saenkaew. The Nation
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