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Deputy PM Suthep: Emergency decree may be lifted in some provinces in early October
BANGKOK, Sept 24 - Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said on Friday that the state of emergency may be lifted in some provinces early next month, but the security law should remain in place in provinces where the situation remains "unreliable."
The deputy premier, as chief of national security, commented after Interior Minister Chavarat Chanveerakul said Thursday that he will ask the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) to consider lifting the decree in three northeastern provinces.
Currently it remains in force in the capital, the adjacent provinces of Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan and Pathum Thani, as well as the northeastern provinces of Udon Thani, Khon Kaen and Nakhon Ratchasima.
Mr Suthep said the Interior Ministry can propose the issue in Friday's CRES meeting, but the agency will assess the situation until October 4, the end of the law enforcement period.
But he conceded the decree may be revoked before Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva leaves the kingdom to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Brussels October 4-6.
"There is a possibility that the emergency decree will be lifted in some provinces before the prime minister departs for ASEM in Belgium," said Mr Suthep. "At present the law will not be revoked as the situation is still 'unreliable'. Some disturbances are still occurring, causing damage to the country."
Mr Suthep cited the recent lifting of the emergency decree in Chiang Mai, but some people still wanted to reimpose the special law after a grenade attack at the office of the father-in-law of Newin Chidchob, a banned politician who is de facto leader of the Bhumjaithai Party, a coalition partner of the Democrat-led government.
"For Chiang Mai, at first people called for the revocation of the state of emergency, hoping that the lifting of security law will make everything better. But it turned out that without Emergency Decree, political moves then returned and the province wanted us to reimpose the law. We won't do this," said Mr Suthep.
The state of emergency in Chiang Mai, the Red Shirt stronghold, was revoked on August 16 as security enforcement there had negatively impacted business and the tourism industry. (MCOT online news)
The deputy premier, as chief of national security, commented after Interior Minister Chavarat Chanveerakul said Thursday that he will ask the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) to consider lifting the decree in three northeastern provinces.
Currently it remains in force in the capital, the adjacent provinces of Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan and Pathum Thani, as well as the northeastern provinces of Udon Thani, Khon Kaen and Nakhon Ratchasima.
Mr Suthep said the Interior Ministry can propose the issue in Friday's CRES meeting, but the agency will assess the situation until October 4, the end of the law enforcement period.
But he conceded the decree may be revoked before Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva leaves the kingdom to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Brussels October 4-6.
"There is a possibility that the emergency decree will be lifted in some provinces before the prime minister departs for ASEM in Belgium," said Mr Suthep. "At present the law will not be revoked as the situation is still 'unreliable'. Some disturbances are still occurring, causing damage to the country."
Mr Suthep cited the recent lifting of the emergency decree in Chiang Mai, but some people still wanted to reimpose the special law after a grenade attack at the office of the father-in-law of Newin Chidchob, a banned politician who is de facto leader of the Bhumjaithai Party, a coalition partner of the Democrat-led government.
"For Chiang Mai, at first people called for the revocation of the state of emergency, hoping that the lifting of security law will make everything better. But it turned out that without Emergency Decree, political moves then returned and the province wanted us to reimpose the law. We won't do this," said Mr Suthep.
The state of emergency in Chiang Mai, the Red Shirt stronghold, was revoked on August 16 as security enforcement there had negatively impacted business and the tourism industry. (MCOT online news)
