Disabled Thais Call for End to Discrimination
BANGKOK, Feb 15 (TNA) Disabled people lit candles outside the parliament Sunday evening to call on political parties to push through with legislation to end discrimination.
Led by Mr. Monthian Buntan, President of the Thailand Association of the Blind, around 50 people with a range of disabilities stood outside the parliament building in a bid to ensure that all political parties treated the disabled with fairness and respect.
An eight-point petition for the parties included a call to accelerate the passage through Parliament of the Discrimination Elimination Bill and a plea to promote equality.
The group also called for at least one percent of the national budget to be given over to disabled people, noting that at present the percentage was only 0.3.
At the same time, the group demanded consideration for the disabled in the construction of public transport facilities, as well as an overhaul of Government Lottery legislation in order that more proceeds went to disabled provisions.
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