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Innovation for Political <strong>Conflict</strong> Resolution Through Thai Local Wisdom <strong>and</strong> Socio-cultural Capital 157<br />
local communities <strong>and</strong> prepare them for the participation with a<br />
feeling <strong>of</strong> equality <strong>and</strong> freedom <strong>of</strong> expression.<br />
2) How a feeling <strong>of</strong> distrust will be eliminated quickly so that<br />
government <strong>of</strong>ficials, people in the mainstream society <strong>and</strong><br />
southern border provinces will adequately underst<strong>and</strong>, accept <strong>and</strong><br />
recognize the values <strong>of</strong> diverse cultures <strong>and</strong> the identity <strong>of</strong> local<br />
people to a degree that they are no longer suspicious that such<br />
diversity would pose a threat to peace <strong>and</strong> serenity Instead, such<br />
diversity should turn into a positive force in the Thai society, thus<br />
creating public confidence <strong>and</strong> faith in the government, especially<br />
on the issue <strong>of</strong> equality.<br />
Directional framework for rectification <strong>of</strong> the problem:<br />
Solutions to the problem must be under the framework <strong>of</strong> peaceful<br />
means, whereby politics truly takes the lead, not the military. Peaceful<br />
means do not reject military intervention but the military must be<br />
deployed to support law enforcement efforts <strong>and</strong> must abide by the rule<br />
<strong>of</strong> law in order to control the spreading <strong>of</strong> violence. In addition, the<br />
military must support <strong>and</strong> fulfill only the goals <strong>of</strong> political works. Aside<br />
from using political works to develop quality <strong>of</strong> life <strong>of</strong> local people, the<br />
state still need to use proactive political works to deal with the groups<br />
with opposing viewpoints in local societies, thus enabling them to accept<br />
each other to a level that they can live side by side with dignity <strong>and</strong><br />
equality.<br />
Recommendations for proactive political works<br />
The following nine recommendations pertain to the use <strong>of</strong> proactive<br />
political works to quell the unrest in southern border provinces for good<br />
based on the principles <strong>of</strong> creating trust – creating equality – opening<br />
spaces/spaces for participation – listening – creating underst<strong>and</strong>ing –<br />
conforming to identity.<br />
1) Organize a peace talk with adversary groups through a systematic<br />
process which follows suitable procedures, thus creating trust for<br />
in-depth discussion <strong>and</strong> collectively seeking peaceful <strong>and</strong>