Academic called on Sunday the government and red shirted group should seek a compromise the end the political stalemate by dissolving the parliament for a new election within three months.
The petition was made as the government and the protesters were about to sit in to have a political talk after a confrontation over the past two weeks.
The academic who signed a petition included prominent historians Charnvit Kasetsiri, Nidhi Eoseewong,
Sociologist Anan Ganjanapan and political scientist Kasian Tejapira.
The government should not treat the dissolution as a defeat. It is indeed the best available way to defuse the escalating violence. Most importantly, to dissolve parliament is to hand power back to the people in a time of political deadlock, they said in a statement.
"The protesters should refrain from demanding the immediate dissolution of Parliament and give the government a grace period of time to arrange the framework for elections and to implement urgent policies," they said.
The government and protest leaders should sincerely endeavor to 'dialogue' with each other. The term "dialogue" should not be used simply to justify one's cause, they said.
Serious dialogue means discussion of the rules that are required for fair and free elections without any intimidation on the part of either side, they said.
Whatever the outcome of the elections, all parties involved should accept it, and sincerely promise not to carry out any extra-parliamentary actions to undermine their opponents, the academics said.
