BANGKOK, Feb. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Thailand's caretaker government has called for a reconciliatory spirit among political parties on Tuesday after three former opposition parties in the House of Representatives decided to boycott a meeting with caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on a planned political reform and the snap election set on April 2.

    Secretary-General to the caretaker premier, Prommin Lertsuridej said that the political rift was caused by a lack of direct dialogues between the caretaker premier and leaders of the three former opposition parties, including the Democrat, the Chart Thai and the Mahachon Parties, leading to a possibly erroneous misinterpretation of statements despite their common position on the second-round political reform through a constitutional amendment.

    "I'd like to call for a political reconciliatory spirit, with all parties returning to negotiable dialogues to get through the current political crisis for the sake of national benefit," Prommin was quoted by the Thai News Agency as saying.

    Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin on Monday signed a ratification on the political reform with more than a dozen political parties, except the three former opposition parties.

    The ratification was signed at a meeting at the Parliament between the caretaker premier and leaders of the registered political parties, all of which had no elected members of Parliament (MPs) in the House before the House dissolution last Friday.

    The ratification said that the second-round political reform will be started after the snap election, with the amendment of the Article 313 of the Constitution aimed to strengthen the check-and-balance mechanism in the Parliament.

    However, leaders of all the three former main opposition parties did not attend the meeting. The three parties accused the caretaker premier of being insincere and trying to distort from the key point. Enditem