Prayut urged to stall rice bill until after poll

By The Nation

 

 

THIRTY-TWO CIVIL networks advocating alternative farming and community rights yesterday issued an open letter calling on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to halt the controversial rice bill and other legislation before the National Legislative Assembly, citing a lack of checks and balances.

 

They threatened to mobilise opponents if their demands were not met.

 

The letter’s authors said there was no legislative opposition to vet the bills and the NLA seemed to be in a rush to approve them. They demanded that the premier, in his capacity as leader of the junta that appointed the NLA, put a halt to further NLA deliberations until the next government and opposition is in place. They said the premier had the absolute power as coup leader to override other forms of authority.

 

The petitioners, who include the Northern Alternative Farming Network and the NGO Coordinating Committee of the Northeast, want the rice bill coming before the NLA on Tuesday to be held back.

 

They said parts of the legislation had merit, but there were also several flaws.

 

The main concern is a perceived limitation on farmers’ rights to use rice varieties that are available in their own localities. There are also restrictions on their production and a compulsion to yield to a new management system that could be disadvantageous to them. 

 

As well, the letter’s authors said, the bill would give the Rice Department too much power without adequate checks and balances, while likely facilitating a monopoly on production by private firms.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30364682

 

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2 hours ago, webfact said:

calling on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to halt the controversial rice bill and other legislation before the National Legislative Assembly, citing a lack of checks and balances.

talking to a military general, an autocrat , about checks and balances ? think that will get any traction ?

unfortunately giving benefit to private firms is what it all about, military boots are stomping on the poor and want keep them as servants and at poverty level ...

this useless military elite scum government got to go ...

Edited February 25, 20197 yr by BuckBee

Changes to laws usually benefit some people (rich and powerful who lobby for the changes) and disadvantage others (the poor who lack any political power). 

Based It would seem that the poor Thai rice farmer is about to get shafted again and get even poorer.

I wonder what would happen if Thailand would open the market completely and keep the government and its incompetent cronies out of all this. Over time checks and balances would make Thailand a valuable trading partner to the world. Be it rice, rubber, lamyai, lime - you name it. Whatever they touch is a screw-up. Just waiting for the next sugar scam ???? 

 

It would be prudent and proper to hold off any legislation at this late date until after the election. 

OMG. Did I really just write that !

”prudent and proper” !!!!!

8 hours ago, webfact said:

They demanded that the premier, in his capacity as leader of the junta that appointed the NLA, put a halt to further NLA deliberations until the next government and opposition is in place. They said the premier had the absolute power as coup leader to override other forms of authority.

Will that become Prayut's campaign slogan in the next election?

Ouch!

8 hours ago, webfact said:

They threatened to mobilise opponents if their demands were not met.

Mobilise opponents?

Can anybody explain further what this means?

 

2 hours ago, stud858 said:

Mobilise opponents?

Can anybody explain further what this means?

 

moan/ bitch to each other whilst downing low  khao

On 2/24/2019 at 11:54 PM, neeray said:

It would be prudent and proper to hold off any legislation at this late date until after the election. 

OMG. Did I really just write that !

”prudent and proper” !!!!!

"Prudent and proper".....how often are those words associated with the junta leadership?