Three weeks after a violent conclusion to a two-month political protest in downtown Bangkok, the Thai government says it wants to implement a five-point reconciliation plan, which Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajjiva believes will address some of the grievances anti-government redshirts say motivated their mass rally in the capital. The plan was first proposed on 3 May, and while leaders initially welcomed it as “quite constructive,” they turned it down in the end. The deal pledges constitutional amendments, an independent investigation into the recent political violence, increased social spending and the establishment of a media monitoring body.
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