Senate Speaker: Petition for Royal Pardon Would be Rejected

This huge billboard reads, "stop seeking royal pardon." Oppositions to the red shirts' attempt to seek royal pardon for fugitive ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra are on the rise

Senate Speaker commented that the move by Thaksin supporters to petition for a royal pardon with the Bureau of the Royal Household instead of the Justice Ministry was illegitimate and that if the supporters insist on pursuing a royal pardon this way, the petition will not reach the Privy Council for consideration but will be sent back to the Justice Ministry.