Bangkok: About 2,000 demonstrators marched to Thailand’s Government House to demand a delay in a ban due from Dec 1 on three pesticides, as a dispute over the plan escalates.
The protesters submitted a letter to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha asking for time to assess scientific evidence, the economic impact and whether alternatives are available. Outlawing the chemicals will hurt Thai farmers’ competitiveness and imperil millions of jobs, according to the letter.
The move against glyphosate, commonly sold as weedkiller Roundup, has sparked resistance from the US, which has also asked Prayut to delay to consider scientific evidence.It’s one of more than a dozen in the coalition, which has a razor-thin majority in parliament. “We have to listen to all parties and assess what we can do to create less dispute,” Bhum Jai Thai leader Anutin said.
Police on the ground gave rough estimates of the size of the crowd. The demonstration was organised by the Thai Agricultural Innovation Trade Association, the Thai Agro-Business Association and the Thai Crop Protection Association.
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