Solution for Diversity: Building Reconciliation for Thailand’s Democracy Regime

Abstract

The current Thai political conflict is a conflict of diverse opinions. Although all parties agree that democratic government with the King as Head of State is a regime that is suitable for Thai society, but there are still differences in ideas, valuing democracy, election focus orientation,  people representation, virtue emphasis, integrity of the country's leader, unanswered and unclear doubts that needed to be accepted in Thai and international society, facts at the root of the conflict, political rally, human rights violation,  loss of life,  physical and mental injuries, property damage and other forms of damage that happened to be the cause of the conflict. Those conflicts have accumulated to cause divisions in society. So the goal is to bring together understanding, remedies and prevention of repeated incidents of violence and damage.

                The authors view that building reconciliation in society should be solution for diversity for Thailand’s democracy regime consisting as follows: 1) The political will of government leaders and the strength of civil society to drive reconciliation, 2) Creating a political space to create an atmosphere of the possibility of finding a solution together, 3) Having dialogue with all parties through a process of acceptance of the social forces groups, 4)  ) The causes of conflicts are resolved or managed under legitimate mechanisms that contribute to society together and 5) Having explanations for events that affect the feelings of society,  sincerely admitting wrongdoing and forgiving one another.