National unity panel takes shape 18 Chuan still hopeful opposition will join published : 15 Dec 2020 at 06:00 Parliament president Chuan Leekpai The proposed national unity panel is taking shape with the government, the Senate and political parties expected to submit the lists of their representatives within this week, parliament president Chuan Leekpai said on Monday. The parliament president said he hopes to see the panel hold its first meeting before the end of the year and will today hold talks with the opposition leader to clarify the task of the unity panel and convince his camp to join the process after some opposition parties expressed a reluctance to come on board and criticised the committee's composition as unfair.