Surayud allays concern about undermining PPP

"In the documents I don't see any mentions of violence or suspicious activities although the government and the junta will review the matter in order to ensure a fair and transparent election," he said.

Surayud said the documents outlined how the junta evaluated and braced for the situation in the past year.

He said the people would render their judgement on People Power and that the Army already made it clear soldiers would not tamper with the electoral process.

The junta's documents did not address any specific measures to undermine or pressure any party, he added.

Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Sonthi Boonyaratglin backpedalled on Wednesday from his previous stand relating the allegation of the junta's ploy to undermine the People Power Party (PPP).

"The Army should clarify the matter because I don't have a chance to see original copies of documents purported to be the plan against People Power," Sonthi said, reverting from his Tuesday's outright denial.

Party leader Samak Sundaravej alleged that the junta issued two classified documents on the ploy against his party last month when Sonthi was the junta chief.

In his rebuttal, Sonthi said he had nothing to hide because documents could be checked and verified.

He said under his leadership, the junta had dealt with many securityrelated issues and churned out several measures deemed necessary under the circumstances, hinting that some measures might have addressed politicians ousted by the September 19 coup.

"National security is utmost important and the junta's activities to safeguard the country have not been designed against a particular individual or specific issue," he said.

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