 Pallop also divulged that he had met Thaksin in person and that he had agreed with the idea of the amnesty bill.The failure of the amnesty bill led to the 2013–2014 Thai political crisis.During the political crisis which began in October 2013, Pallop told the media in late February 2014 that he had been asked by the caretaker government (under Yingluck) to join the Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO).