US House issue resolution supporting Thai roadmap

[limbo]

US House issue resolution supporting Thai roadmap

 

The US House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly supported Thai government's roadmap, urging Thailand's political crisis be resolved peacefuly and through democratic means.

 

The lawmakers voted 411-4 in favour of the roadmap. They issued a resolution which called on all parties in Thailand to "work assiduously to settle their differences," basing on a five-point reconciliation plan drafted by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.

 

The resolution came in favour of the Thai government and Abhisit despite the fact that runaway ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra dispatched his legal adviser; Noppadon Pattama, to Washington to meet some US senators to repaint the red shirts' image and the Thai political crisis in Americans' perception.

 

Earlier the Thai government sent a special envoy; Kiat Sittiamorn, to meet the US senators to explain about the government's roadmap and reconciliation plans.

 

The Nation, 2nd June 2010

[limbo]

What does a the US House of Representatives to do with this?

It's obviously a positive outcome for Abhisit but what is the bigger picture for this result?

[Flashermac]

I saw something in the news about Takky going to address a meeting in Washington, DC about Thai politics. Maybe this will pull the rug out from under him.

 

 

[chuckwoww]

Not Thaksin. Noppadon Pattama is going. Well he was going until that announcement.

 

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