NACC gives itself top marks in integrity report

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NACC gives itself top marks in integrity report

By The Nation

 

 

The nation’s anti-corruption organisation gave itself the top marks among five independent groups in its integrity and transparency assessment report released on Thursday.

The Office National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) gave itself an overall score of 90.44 while the Office of the Ombudsman ranks lowest with scores of 71.20.

 

The agency assessed a total of 422 state agencies based on indexes on transparency, accountability, lack of corruption, culture of integrity and integrity at work.

 

Agencies with scores of 80-100 are considered to have very high and transparency, those with scores of 60-79.99 are considered high, those with scores of 40-59.99 are considered average, those with scores of 20-39.99 are considered low and those with scores of 0-19.99 are considered very low.

 

No assessed agencies were given scores in low and very low rages.

 

The assessment results are divided into following categories – with some examples.

 

1. Courts’ administration, three offices

- Court of Justice, 92.37, highest

- Administrative Court, 88.29

- Constitutional Court, 81.79, lowest

 

2. Independent organisations, five offices

- NACC, 90.44, highest scores

- National Human Rights Commission, 83.94

- Office of the Ombudsman, 71.20, lowest

 

3. Attorney’s office, one office

- Office of the Attorney General, 78.98

 

4. Parliamentary offices, two offices

- Secretariat of the House of Representatives, 82.94, highest

- Secretariat of the Senate, 82.70, lowest

 

5. National Economic and Social Advisory Council, one office

National Economic and Social Advisory Council, 90.24

 

6. State enterprise agencies, 54 offices.

- Government Housing Bank, 97.97, highest

- Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives, 97.13

- Government Savings Bank, 95.79

- Police Printing Bureau, 68.80, lowest

 

7. Public organisations, 52 offices

- Agricultural Research Development Agency, 96.55, highest

- Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration, 96.43

- Golden Jubilee Museum of Agriculture Office, 95.14

- Thailand Arbitration Centre, 66.52, lowest

 

8. State departments, 147 offices

- Office of Permanent Secretary of the Public Health Ministry, 92.46, highest

- Department of Environmental Quality Promotion, 92.13

- Office of Justice Affairs, 91.46

- Office of the Welfare Promotion Commission for Teachers and Educational Personnel, 59.65, lowest

 

9. Provincial governor offices, 76 offices

- Chainat Governor Office, 84.76, highest

- Sakonnakhon Governor Office, 84.73

- Phayao Governor Office, 84.49

- Udonthani Governor Office, 75.11

 

10. National universities, 81 offices

- Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University, 87.17, highest

- Ramkhamhaeng University, 85.81

- National Institute of Development Administration, 85.18

- Mahamakut Buddhist University, 57.43, lowest

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30331835

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-11-17

[pornprong]

Clowns, one and all!

 

Every score needs the decimal point moved at least of place towards the left.

[Thakkar]

I thought only Steve Bannon had the flexibility to do that sort of thing.

Edited November 17, 2017 by Thakkar

[mania]

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The nation’s anti-corruption organization gave itself the top marks

Of course they did. Who else would?

Circle jerk I think it is called

[rkidlad]

Is this a piece from 'The Onion'?

[Eric Loh]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The Office National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) gave itself an overall score of 90.44

Surprised that they didn't give themselves a score of 100. 

[baboon]

29 minutes ago, mania said:

Of course they did. Who else would?

Circle jerk I think it is called

'Self praise is no praise'...

[trainman34014]

Oh; so very Thai.....To be Number One !

[RichardColeman]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

- Mahamakut Buddhist University, 57.43, lowest

Not surprised at that - they're all off drinking, taking yaba and smoking weed getting ready for the future !

[yellowboat]

3 hours ago, baboon said:

'Self praise is no praise'...

It is embarrassing to say the least.  Such attention seeking behavior shows the caliber of the people working there.  

[PatOngo]

Seriously now........how could you ever contemplate taking these people seriously!

[candide]

You are never as well served as when you serve yourself'. 

[Lupatria]

...and the "Oscar" goes to: the Oscar!

[mark131v]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The nation’s anti-corruption organisation gave itself the top marks among five independent groups in its integrity and transparency assessment report released on Thursday.

 

Well who'd have thunk it........

 

Obviously have zero shame or integrity but hey it is only for consumption by the serf's and when there is such an effective un-education system in place it may well fool a few....

[Bob12345]

5 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Surprised that they didn't give themselves a score of 100. 

That would be dumb, because then you cannot give yourself a huge cash bonus next year when you improve your score.

[Samui Bodoh]

'There's an org known as the NACC

Gave itself a pat on the back

But it wasn't real

It had no appeal

And they all deserved the sack'

 

(er...sorry)

[stephen tracy]

10 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Surprised that they didn't give themselves a score of 100. 

That may have lacked credibility so the settled for a little lower.

[Chris Lawrence]

Ah but the real results. Have a look below. This is only a quick search but does not support the effectiveness of the NACC. There is plenty more out there on the web.

 

The NACC has two sets of strategies. Strategy set one includes four goals:^[7]

1. Inculcate awareness, values, integrity, ethics, and discipline in all sectors
2. Mobilize all sectors on anti-corruption
3. Strengthen anti-corruption agencies
4. Develop professional anti-corruption personnel

In a document entitled, National Anti-Corruption Strategy—Phase 3 (2017–2021), the NACC lists the following six strategies:^[8]

• Strategy 1: Create a Society Which Does Not Tolerate Corruption
• Strategy 2: Promote Political Will to Fight Corruption
• Strategy 3: Deter Policy Corruption
• Strategy 4: Develop Proactive Corruption Prevention Systems
• Strategy 5: Reform Corruption Suppression Mechanisms and Processes
• Strategy 6: Improve Thailand’s Score on the Corruption Perceptions Index

 

As of February 2017 since its inception in 1999, the NACC has accepted 3,383 cases for investigation. Of those, investigators found evidence of corruption or malfeasance in about a third, 1,191 cases. Of the thousands of cases processed by the committee, only 105 led to convictions not overturned on appeal. The majority of convictions have not involved rich or powerful defendants. All but one involve infractions by mid- or low-level administrators such as mayors, school directors, policemen, clerks, and registrars.^[9]

The NACC has 2,192 "ongoing" cases. Some date back to 1999, the year of the agency's founding. One such case involves an allegation of fraud against a schoolteacher in Chiang Mai. She learned of the allegation in February 2017. The teacher, Jiamjit Boonyarak, is accused of embezzling students' dorm fees and stealing from other projects in 1998. An investigation was not launched until July 2011. On 9 February 2017, the NACC formally informed Jiamjit of the allegations for the first time so she could prepare her defense.^[9]

One reason for the NACC's poor conviction rate may be that NACC employees are harassed and threatened in the performance of their duties, necessitating the use of bullet-proof vehicles by NACC staff.^[10]

Many of the NACC's efforts are aimed at public awareness activities such as public service videos

Some of the cases the NACC have heard:

• Thirteen years after the Thai military and police spent millions on bogus GT200 "bomb detectors", the NACC investigation is "on-going".^[13] According to the Bangkok Post, "Because it was so thoroughly and risibly cheated, the army has never allowed a full accounting of the cost, in baht and in human lives. Rough estimates put the economic cost at around 500 million baht."^[15]

• Preecha Chan-o-cha, brother of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, appointed his son to a military officer's post in September 2016. A filed complaint charged nepotism. Prayut declared there was nothing wrong with the appointment, and the NACC dropped the case a month the complaint was filed. Since 2014 and the military takeover, activists have accused the regime of nepotism and misconduct. The NACC has dismissed all the cases citing lack of evidence. Cases dismissed by the NACC include allegations that the billion baht Rajabhakti Park complex was fouled by corruption and inexplicable expenses.^[13]

• The NACC's most visible recent investigation stems from a 2013 corruption complaint against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over her government's bankrupt rice subsidy program. Within months the commission announced it had enough evidence to try Yingluck for failing to stop widespread corruption in the program. Her trial is on-going. ^{Taken from Wikipedia.}
• "The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will resume two pending criminal cases against ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra under a new organic law that allows for the trials of fugitive politicians to be held in absentia." Bangkok Post

• So why has Tharit been grabbed? It is because he is considered a traitor to the ruling elite. It seems that when one is corrupt but serving the royalist elite, that’s all fine and dandy. When one goes to the other side, that will be punished. And, the point is that the punishment is then a warning to the other corrupt bastards that they need to know who’s buttering their bread and cooking their rice.