The 20-year national strategy

[Srikcir]

34 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Just change the chairman of the Steering Committee in charge of selecting the 6 teams who will be writing the detail strategy. Plus change the strategy approval body from NCPO to Parliament

Not going to happen.

• Draft laws on the election of Members of Parliament and the Senate have officially been put into force.
• 250 members of the Upper House will be elected, with 50 final candidates coming from the election process at both provincial and national levels, and 194 candidates to be chosen by the selection committee — all of whom will need to receive final endorsement from the National Council for Peace and Order to take office. (my underline emphasis)
• Six senators will automatically be the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defense, the Supreme Commander, the chiefs of the Royal Thai Army, the Royal Thai Navy, and the Royal Thai Air Force, and the Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police.

http://thainews.prd.go.th/website_en/news/news_detail/WNPOL6109130010004

• Slated to take place before January 2nd, 2019, the election of 50 Senators from among 200 shortlisted candidates will be supervised by the Election Commission of Thailand.
• The names of 50 Senators must be submitted to the NCPO by February 9th, 15 days before the general election.

http://thainews.prd.go.th/website_en/news/news_detail/WNPOL6110210010003

• the list of all Senate candidates, except the six who would be chosen ex-officio, should be presented to the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to choose from by February 9, 15 days before the MP election takes place on February 24.

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30356203

Remember that the NCPO remains in place until the new elected government members are submitted by Prayut and endorsed. There is no specified time table for installation of the new government that I know.

[zzaa09]

Realistically, appears to be more along the lines of a 85-90 year strategy that continues on - unhindered.

Yet, no one is truly taking notice. 

 

 

[HalfLight]

18 of the 35 are seated ex-officio (read 'appointed'). The other 17 can be counted on to do whatever is necessary to protect their place at the trough - even if they are in the carefully planned minority. See the voting record of the NLA for a good example of what happens when the Prayuth's of this world have more power than their ethics enable them to manage in anything other than their own interests.

 

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.

 

But then Thais know this already; corruption is endemic throughout Thai society whether they're rich or poor. The poor tend to be corrupt in small ways, the rich are corrupt in big ways, because they can be.

 

 

[Eric Loh]

15 hours ago, Srikcir said:

Not going to happen.

The 20 year National Strategy will not involved the upper senate house. IMO the critical aspect is the appointment of the 6 grouping writing committee members which is in the hands of the Steering Committee currently preside by Meechai. This is a executive appointment and the next elected government can remove him by an executive decision.

 

IMO the National Strategy does have some good as it lay down the road-map of some strategic projects like the EEC and infrastructure projects for future governments to follow. The chair of the Steering Committee is crucial to select the right candidates for the detail plan. 

 

Compliance of the National Strategy will be more palatable for elected governments if the detail plan allowed for some adjustments and flexibility and written without influence and by non NCPO sympathizers. The compliance does have a clause that allow the plan to be reviewed periodically (not sure the details).

 

The handling of power from the NCPO to the next elected government is a normal process in all governments. Normally the previous government will stay on as caretaker until the next cabinet is named, royally endorsed and gazetted.