Yingluck denies meddling in NBTC appointments

By The Nation

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday rejected accusations that her decision to delay seeking royal endorsement of the Senate's selection of the 11 members of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) amounted to political interference.

Yingluck said the administration had no power to contest the selections. She said she decided to postpone seeking royal endorsement after the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) agreed to investigate a complaint that the process of selecting the NBTC members was unlawful.

The prime minister denied that her government had instructed the DSI to investigate the complaint. She said the government would wait for advice from the Council of State - the administration's legal advisory agency - before seeking royal endorsement of the appointments.

Opposition Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday warned against delaying the submission of the 11 NBTC appointees for royal approval. He said the DSI's agreeing to investigate the complaint over the selection process was insufficient grounds for the prime minister to postpone seeking royal endorsement.

Abhisit said Yingluck would be held responsible for any damage caused by the delay, adding that the 11 NBTC members might sue her.

The opposition would closely monitor the matter, as the NBTC members' task of regulating the telecom and broadcast sectors was an important one, he said.

-- The Nation 2011-09-10

This is an interesting one. Obviously Yingluck as Abhisit before her and Somchai before him and Samak before him and Sarayud and Thaksin and Chuan and Banharn and Chavalit and Chuan and Suchinda and Chatchai and... has interfered or attempted to in appointments. However, the whole NBTC process has been questioned since inception and the choices were greeted with disdain mixed with inevitability and another investigation.

Interesting to see Abhisit arguing that it is more important to get the thing signed and committee up and running than it is to first look at potentially flawed process. It would have been interesting if he had applied that logic to the Thaksin pardon petition. Then again it all comes down to where your business allies interests lie rather than what is right or wrong I guess.

I have no confidence in any politics in Thailand, none what so ever, so another negative report appears , so.whats new.

This is an interesting one. Obviously Yingluck as Abhisit before her and Somchai before him and Samak before him and Sarayud and Thaksin and Chuan and Banharn and Chavalit and Chuan and Suchinda and Chatchai and... has interfered or attempted to in appointments. However, the whole NBTC process has been questioned since inception and the choices were greeted with disdain mixed with inevitability and another investigation.

Interesting to see Abhisit arguing that it is more important to get the thing signed and committee up and running than it is to first look at potentially flawed process. It would have been interesting if he had applied that logic to the Thaksin pardon petition. Then again it all comes down to where your business allies interests lie rather than what is right or wrong I guess.

Hammered, maybe you can help fill in some holes on this one. I'm missing a lot of background, but from what I understand, it seems like the appointments to the NBTC are mostly from the military or related to the military. The selection was done by a Senate committee (?) which is an appointed, not elected body?

Background info and /or links appreciated !!

This is an interesting one. Obviously Yingluck as Abhisit before her and Somchai before him and Samak before him and Sarayud and Thaksin and Chuan and Banharn and Chavalit and Chuan and Suchinda and Chatchai and... has interfered or attempted to in appointments. However, the whole NBTC process has been questioned since inception and the choices were greeted with disdain mixed with inevitability and another investigation.

Interesting to see Abhisit arguing that it is more important to get the thing signed and committee up and running than it is to first look at potentially flawed process. It would have been interesting if he had applied that logic to the Thaksin pardon petition. Then again it all comes down to where your business allies interests lie rather than what is right or wrong I guess.

Hammered, maybe you can help fill in some holes on this one. I'm missing a lot of background, but from what I understand, it seems like the appointments to the NBTC are mostly from the military or related to the military. The selection was done by a Senate committee (?) which is an appointed, not elected body?

Background info and /or links appreciated !!

http://www.bdo-thaitax.com/bdo/in-the-news/3436

http://www.nationmul...d-30158126.html

Edited September 10, 201114 yr by lannarebirth

This is an interesting one. Obviously Yingluck as Abhisit before her and Somchai before him and Samak before him and Sarayud and Thaksin and Chuan and Banharn and Chavalit and Chuan and Suchinda and Chatchai and... has interfered or attempted to in appointments. However, the whole NBTC process has been questioned since inception and the choices were greeted with disdain mixed with inevitability and another investigation.

Interesting to see Abhisit arguing that it is more important to get the thing signed and committee up and running than it is to first look at potentially flawed process. It would have been interesting if he had applied that logic to the Thaksin pardon petition. Then again it all comes down to where your business allies interests lie rather than what is right or wrong I guess.

Hammered, maybe you can help fill in some holes on this one. I'm missing a lot of background, but from what I understand, it seems like the appointments to the NBTC are mostly from the military or related to the military. The selection was done by a Senate committee (?) which is an appointed, not elected body?

Background info and /or links appreciated !!

http://www.bdo-thaitax.com/bdo/in-the-news/3436

http://www.nationmul...d-30158126.html

Good links.

The senate of course is half appointed and half elected giving it an old establishment majority. Although in private there is and has been a lot of criticism it has been quit restrained in public as by and large the meddling has precluded the Shinawatra clan.

Even though there were ongoing cases, investigations etc the senate had to make its decision on the day it did or risk seeing all its work ruined as the next day responsibility would have moved to the elected PM. Hence the rush

... bottom line ... Thailand's broadcast media and telecommunications infrastructure is controlled by the NBTC's military majority ... a technique first developed by Adolph Hitler to control his population.

... Thailand = banana republic at best.

... bottom line ... Thailand's broadcast media and telecommunications infrastructure is controlled by the NBTC's military majority ... a technique first developed by Adolph Hitler to control his population.

... Thailand = banana republic at best.

And even the banana's here are to small

This is an interesting one. Obviously Yingluck as Abhisit before her and Somchai before him and Samak before him and Sarayud and Thaksin and Chuan and Banharn and Chavalit and Chuan and Suchinda and Chatchai and... has interfered or attempted to in appointments. However, the whole NBTC process has been questioned since inception and the choices were greeted with disdain mixed with inevitability and another investigation.

Interesting to see Abhisit arguing that it is more important to get the thing signed and committee up and running than it is to first look at potentially flawed process. It would have been interesting if he had applied that logic to the Thaksin pardon petition. Then again it all comes down to where your business allies interests lie rather than what is right or wrong I guess.

Hammered, maybe you can help fill in some holes on this one. I'm missing a lot of background, but from what I understand, it seems like the appointments to the NBTC are mostly from the military or related to the military. The selection was done by a Senate committee (?) which is an appointed, not elected body?

Background info and /or links appreciated !!

http://www.bdo-thait...n-the-news/3436

http://www.nationmul...d-30158126.html

Thanks.

I have no confidence in any politics in Thailand, none what so ever, so another negative report appears , so.whats new.

Why are you on this thread then Mr. No Interest????

Bottom line is that Thailand still hasn't issued proper 3G licences, a decade after the event, broadband coverage is patchy even in most of Bangkok and non-existent in large areas of the country. Most the TV and radio stations are owned by the military.