Thai PM’s ‘guardian’ Seksakol quits as vice minister amid lottery controversy

[snoop1130]

 

Vice Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office, Seksakol Atthawong, officially announced his resignation from the post today (Monday), effective tomorrow, following the leak of an audio clip of him asking to borrow 15 million Baht in a conversation with another political official, which has raised questions of possible irregularities and abuse of power.

 

The audio clip was posted on social media on April 3rd by Sittra Biabungkerd, a lawyer from the People’s Lawyer Foundation. The content of the clip is a conversation between Seksakol and an official at the Office of the Secretary-General of the Prime Minister, Jureeporn Sinthuprai, about lottery quota, during which Seksakol asks to borrow money from her to settle a debt with an unnamed person involved in the lottery quota.

 

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In the clip, Seksakol also mentioned having spent 100 million baht in an election, including the 15 million baht in question. An election law caps campaign funds for each candidate at 1.5 million Baht.

 

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[Mr Meeseeks]

53 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

In the clip, Seksakol also mentioned having spent 100 million baht in an election, including the 15 million baht in question. An election law caps campaign funds for each candidate at 1.5 million Baht.

Those votes ain't gonna buy themselves.

 

And...

 

But, but... Thaksin. ????

[Chelseafan]

BUS-TED....

 

[Tarteso]

IMO, it’s clear 

[Kinnock]

So many rotten apples, parliament must smell of cider.

[mrfill]

A law that applies to politicians? Heavens....

[law ling]

Yep, he broke rule number one: don't get caught.

 

Somehow I'm not surprised that someone charged with sorting out the lottery quota system is now alleged to be up to his neck in it himself.

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

In the clip, Seksakol also mentioned having spent 100 million baht in an election, including the 15 million baht in question. An election law caps campaign funds for each candidate at 1.5 million Baht.

A tad over budget?

Ring any bells?

[Denim]

Talk about putting a fox in charge of the hen house ????

[mtls2005]

Thank goodness he didn't own any "media shares".

 

 

His nickname is "Rambo Isaan". 

 

The stench of corruption is strong with this one, that's why prayut employs him as a henchman.

 

That so much effort goes into controlling the lottery trade here one assumes that that is corrupt from top to bottom and needs to be discarded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 19, 2022 by mtls2005

[Pedrogaz]

Why does politics attract such scum?

[Will B Good]

Fiddling lottery ticket quotas a more serious offense than drug smuggling, rape and murder......what an odd place Thailand is.

[klauskunkel]

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Thai PM’s ‘guardian’ Seksakol quits as vice minister amid lottery controversy

Rambo could shack up with Pareena, a match for sure!

I'm just imagining the looks of their offspring, Pareena's sour face with a hairline that starts at the eyebrows.

[Hayduke]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Vice Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office, Seksakol Atthawong, officially announced his resignation from the post today (Monday), effective tomorrow, following the leak of an audio clip of him asking to borrow 15 million Baht

 

Clearly unfit for a position in the PM's office. A qualified, capable Vice Minister wouldn’t ask to borrow 15 million Baht…...he would whisper forbidden names and demand a 100 million Baht donation.

 

 

 

Edited April 19, 2022 by Hayduke

[herfiehandbag]

23 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Fiddling lottery ticket quotas a more serious offense than drug smuggling, rape and murder......what an odd place Thailand is.

Probably more money to be made from it, more sustainable, less physical risk.

[tingtong]

The show must go on!

There must be a cushy inactive position for politicians too?!

[Eric Loh]

21 minutes ago, tingtong said:

The show must go on!

There must be a cushy inactive position for politicians too?!

The clown show must go on. He has been a conservative, liberal, socialist, reformist and even royalist following the gravy train. He has joined no less than 6 different political parties and was an elected TRT MP before he kissed the ring of Prayut and got a "get out of jail" for his involvement in storming the 2009 Asean summit in Pattaya. A legal miracle as other red-shirt leaders were indicted and jailed. This will end his political career as many see him as a grifter and turncoat.

[worgeordie]

14 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Those votes ain't gonna buy themselves.

 

And...

 

But, but... Thaksin. ????

Thaksin was not stupid , did not use his own money, used Government

money through populist policies , look after the poor of Isan and you

will always win elections.

regards Worgeordie

[MrJ2U]

This is the same guy leading the charge to rid Thailand of Amnesty International. 

 

Ultra right wing con man without a clue.

 

"Ultra-royalist figures in Thailand claim that they have secured more than a million signatures expressing support for a plan to expel the international human rights organization Amnesty International from the country."

 

https://thediplomat.com/2022/01/royalists-step-up-campaign-against-thai-chapter-of-amnesty-international/

 

 

 

[billd766]

It seems to me that the rats are deserting the leaking political ship of the PPRP, the government and even the Democrats.

 

The rats are showing more sense than the humans at this point in time.

[candide]

2 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

This is the same guy leading the charge to rid Thailand of Amnesty International. 

 

Ultra right wing con man without a clue.

 

"Ultra-royalist figures in Thailand claim that they have secured more than a million signatures expressing support for a plan to expel the international human rights organization Amnesty International from the country."

 

https://thediplomat.com/2022/01/royalists-step-up-campaign-against-thai-chapter-of-amnesty-international/

 

 

 

Not sure he's really ultra-royalist. More like ultra-opportunist or ultra-gravy train follower.

Edited April 19, 2022 by candide

[candide]

Yhe People’s Lawyers Foundation. Have been quite active against people linked to the government. We can expect them to be in trouble soon.

[mtls2005]

From Thaksin’s crooner to Prayut’s promoter – the pinball political career of Seksakol Atthawong

 

Once a red-shirt leader dubbed “Isan Rambo”, Seksakol Atthawong has made yet another political pivot, leaving the ruling Palang Pracharath to join a new party aiming to secure Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s return to power after the next general election.

 

Currently a vice-minister to the Prime Minister’s Office, Seksakol disclosed on Monday (Jan 7) that his new party —Ruamthai Sarngchart — would support Gen Prayut in his bid for another term regardless of whether Palang Pracharath or another party nominates him as its PM candidate.

 

Seksakol said the party’s name, which means Uniting Thais to Build the Nation, was inspired by a phrase used often by Prayut.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/from-thaksins-crooner-to-prayuts-promoter-the-pinball-political-career-of-seksakol-atthawong/

 

[MrJ2U]

5 hours ago, candide said:

Not sure he's really ultra-royalist. More like ultra-opportunist or ultra-gravy train follower.

If he was a landmass he could be an "Ultra" hub of Thailand.