Yingluck calls on NACC to treat her like other politicians

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Yingluck calls on NACC to treat her like other politicians
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Friday called on the National Anti-Corruption Commission to treat her like other politicians, saying she was given too short a time to defend herself.

She has been charged with malfeasance for allegedly failing to stop corruption in the rice-pledging scheme.

Yingluck noted that she was charged by the full NACC and that, unlike in other cases, no sub-committee was formed to undertake a probe.

Yingluck also said that the NACC took only 21 days to charge her. Her defence team had asked for 45 days to respond to the charge but the NACC allowed just 15 days.

Yingluck added that during the 21 days of deliberation by the NACC, her team received only 49 pages of documents. A further 280 pages were later received but she was left with just three days to consider them before having to defend herself against the charge.

The NACC Thursday declined to extend the deadline for Yingluck to defend herself. The NACC asked her to defend herself to the NACC on Monday.

"Due to all of these points, I would like to ask the NACC whether it has treated me fairly like other political office holders or not," Yingluc said.

Yingluck said she had yet to consult her lawyers as to whether she would meet the NACC in person to provide an explanation.


-- The Nation 2014-03-28

[bulekee]

Fair comment by Yingluck,treat her like the rest and expose her,i.e. like her brother.

[seajae]

what an absolute moron this woman is, she keeps doing the wrong thing and expects everyone to just let her get away with it, then she says she hasnt decided if she will attend the meeting herself, obviously she knows she is too stupid to be able to answer questions herself and needs others to do it for her. This is what happens when an uneducated moron with no experience is placed in the pm's job, she gets exactly what she deserves. Maybe now she is starting to realize this isnt just like going shopping for fun and that there are consequences for what you do or dont do.

[Nickymaster]

She should stop lying or otherwise charged for instigating hatred towards independent agencies. Knowing how violent her Red supporters are, this message could easily lead to violence.

Edited March 28, 2014 by Nickymaster

[KRS1]

Ummm yingluck, they already gave you a 30 day extension...its expired now and youre still asking for more.

just like a spoiled brat, that ask so easily to be given things on demand.

go ahead and cry when you dont get your way.

[bigbamboo]

But she isn't just an ordinary politician........ she is the Prime Minister. That's what makes the issue so pressing.

Now if she were to quit or run off abroad somewhere then no doubt she would be treated the same way.

Edited March 28, 2014 by bigbamboo

[Thait Spot]

Some families think they should get special treatment.

Given that she claims she did nothing, 21 minutes should suffice

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[mrtoad]

Very undemocratic of Tiny Tears.

[chainarong]

I can't be bothered with this rubbish , politicians are the employee's of the people and this is the end result when people think they should be treated differently, C.T. P.M. yingluck has had plenty of time to prepare , since last October if you take notice of the rice farmers. Elitism trying to beat the system , talk about reforms , just where do you start , maybe getting the wealthy out of the political system would be a start.

[Lupatria]

Yingluck calls on NACC to treat her like other politicians...

To see exemptions of politicians she have in mind, see the website of the full list of inmates of The International Court of Justice in The Haag.

[Figglymiggly]

Ummm yingluck, they already gave you a 30 day extension...its expired now and youre still asking for more.

just like a spoiled brat, that ask so easily to be given things on demand.

go ahead and cry when you dont get your way.

Suthep has been charged with many counts of murder and other charges of an equally serious nature, however he tells the police and whoever else wants to know that he's too busy organizing and leading protests to bring about the downfall of the democratically elected government, and the institutions say thats ok, whenever ur ready Mr Suthep. How many days have the leaders of the airport closure incidents in 2008 been given???

[thesetat2013]

Fair comment by Yingluck,treat her like the rest and expose her,i.e. like her brother.

No it isn't! She was told first and foremost that if she did not come to hear the charges and evidence against her personally that she would lose some of her rights and denied some documentation that she would otherwise recieve. YL chose not to go herself to hear the charges and intead went north to do PTP campaigning. She sent lawyers there in her stead

Now she thinks they have to give her special treatment even she ignored their initial warning.

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[bulekee]

But she isn't just an ordinary politician........ she is the Prime Minister. That's what makes the issue so pressing.

Now if she were to quit or run off abroad somewhere then no doubt she would be treated the same way.

Not quite sure about her being treated the same way.Do you mean as a PM or a non-entity like Idi Amin when he "retired"

[bulekee]

Fair comment by Yingluck,treat her like the rest and expose her,i.e. like her brother.

No it isn't! She was told first and foremost that if she did not come to hear the charges and evidence against her personally that she would lose some of her rights and denied some documentation that she would otherwise recieve. YL chose not to go herself to hear the charges and intead went north to do PTP campaigning. She sent lawyers there in her stead

Now she thinks they have to give her special treatment even she ignored their initial warning.

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Thanks for your response,but if you had read some of my posts,it was a tongue in cheek comment.Read between the lines.

[Thaddeus]

Caught with her hand in the jar, and still refusing to let go of the cookie.

[bubblegum]

Dear PM,

Are you gonna cry again?

Well maybe you should cry. Not for your little self but for the dead farmers families.

As the Thai PM you are responsible!

For once in your life show us you are in fact a grown up woman instead of an utter, disgraceful failure of a human being.

[renaissanc]

On 31st March she'll not attend as she'll lose face, if she does. Afterwards, she'll appear on TV crying about how she has been unfairly treated, etc. The government TV will focus on her ankle as she cries. The same night the Red Shirts will fire M79s at the NACC building and the Constitution Court, and at the houses of the judges / commissioners. The Police will collect evidence and do nothing to find the Red Shirts. Jatuporn and Nattawut will then stir up the Red Shirts into a frenzy and organize revenge. Chalerm and Tarit will keep silent and do nothing. Have I missed out anything?

[SICHONSTEVE]

Fair comment by Yingluck,treat her like the rest and expose her,i.e. like her brother.

I hope they do treat her like other politicians and expect her to do some porridge time if she is found guilty. They should take her passport away NOW as she is certain to do a runner with her tail between her legs when things escalate out of her brothers control!!!!!

[bulekee]

Fair comment by Yingluck,treat her like the rest and expose her,i.e. like her brother.

I hope they do treat her like other politicians and expect her to do some porridge time if she is found guilty. They should take her passport away NOW as she is certain to do a runner with her tail between her legs when things escalate out of her brothers control!!!!!

Do a runner with her tail between her legs,plus the suitcases full of cash as per Thaksins wife to Singapore,there are a lot of short memories on here.How is the school Steve?

[Scamper]

Yingluck is a woman on a mission. She is on a mission to discredit the NACC. She is on a mission to stir up hatred among her UDD supporters for the NACC, and she does this fully conscious of all the grenade attacks that have targeted the NACC. It's unconscionable. For a woman who doesn't like to show up to anything, she does a pretty good job of being obnoxious in the face of facts in front of the media. For the hundredth time, the NACC did not take 21 days to charge her. How is the world has Pheu Thai invented this narrative and when will they ever let it go ? The NACC investigation began in December 2012. It has been a fifteen month investigation. She was warned that if she didn't show up a month ago that she would forfeit the full documentation. She was warned repeatedly. She knows that. Her lawyers know that. Guess what ? She didn't show up. What did the NACC do ? The NACC later bent their own rules and gave her the documents. And then in fact further supplemented those. She has been given ample opportunity to address the NACC. She has refused. In fact, she has spent her time admonishing the constitutionally empowered agency through the media every chance she's had. With all the grenade attacks on the NACC, what she is doing is unconscionable and provocative. Either she or her lawyers address the charges on Monday or it is assumed she accepts the findings. Period. It's time for Yingluck to act like the caretaker prime minister she claims to be and not to side and commiserate with those who wish to undermine the legal checks and balances of the independent agencies.

[gabruce]

There is no chance that elected politicians will get treated with respect in Thailand. The Ammart run everything here. If they don't like what you say, they will get their poodle courts to prosecute you. You will be sent to prison for several years or you will be kicked out of Thailand.

Athough Yingluck has been elected, what does that matter? She will be found wanting by the poodle courts in some (as yet to be decided) respect. Everyone knows that if you represent Isaan/Lanna your views are worthless. It is the Bangkokians and their poodle courts who run things in Thailand.

And here's the thing you don't want to ask in Thailand: who owns the land? I somehow don't think it is the ordinary farmers!!! Watch for those poodles!

BTW: expect this post to be banned from this Nation-dominated blog.

once again the red appologists crawl out of the woodwork with their lies and unnuendo. Maybe if yl told the truth, did her job and was not in charge of a corrupt group run by her felon brother it would help. Instead she has over looked the issuing of a passport to her brother and refuses to answer the courts about it, she has let the country be rifled by the ptp and theior accomplices so that billions have dissapeared, refuses to accept any court decisions and then blames everyone else for her stuff ups. Maybe if the one eyed red brigade could see the truth they wouldnt complain but I have to wonder why you mentioned this as a nation dominated blog, are you racially attacking tv posters

True, however I think that calling them poodles is original.

[thesetat2013]

Fair comment by Yingluck,treat her like the rest and expose her,i.e. like her brother.

No it isn't! She was told first and foremost that if she did not come to hear the charges and evidence against her personally that she would lose some of her rights and denied some documentation that she would otherwise recieve. YL chose not to go herself to hear the charges and intead went north to do PTP campaigning. She sent lawyers there in her stead

Now she thinks they have to give her special treatment even she ignored their initial warning.

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Thanks for your response,but if you had read some of my posts,it was a tongue in cheek comment.Read between the lines.

Just clarifying

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PM Yingluck reluctant to meet anti-graft committee Monday
By English News



BANGKOK, March 28 – Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra admitted today she was deeply concerned with her required clarifications to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on alleged irregularities in the rice pledging scheme on Monday.

She questioned whether the NACC has treated her fairly and in a manner and degree similar to other holders of political positions in the past, referring to the NACC’s refusal to extend the deadline for another 45 days as she requested.

The NACC, in turning down Ms Yingluck’s request, said it has already extended the deadline by 15 days and that the caretaker prime minister would be allowed to provide more evidence or documents in the questioning process.

Ms Yingluck said the NACC normally set up a sub-committee to investigate an allegation after which the conclusion is submitted to the full committee.

“In this case, the sub-committee investigation process was skipped and the NACC spent only 21 days to wrap up its investigation,” she said.

Ms Yingluck said she has received only 49 pages of documents concerning the rice pledging scheme and another 280 pages of documents were just sent to her while she has only three days to prepare for her explanations to the NACC.

“My question is whether the NACC has treated me fairly. I do hope I’ll be granted justice in the process like other holders of political positions,” she said.

She added that she would consult her legal advisers before deciding if she will personally give her clarifications to the NACC on Monday.

She would not comment on a speculation that she would be indicted in the case but said everyone should be treated fairly under the justice system.

Asked if she contemplated taking a break from politics, Ms Yingluck said she hasn’t thought about it yet since various processes are much far ahead but “I’m willing to act in accord with the people’s demand.”

“What we have to think now is what to do next after the Constitution Court nullified the Feb 2 general election. What can we do to let all factions accept the election process and let a general election take place?” she said.

She expressed hope that the Democrat Party, Thailand’s oldest political party, will cooperate with the Election Commission.

Asked whether ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has discouraged the Pheu Thai Party from contesting in the poll if the Democrat Party does not participate, she said decisions belong to Pheu Thai Party executives.

Asked if she would agree if the Shinawatra family refrain from political activity as a resolution to the country’s political impasse, Ms Yingluck said, “You’ve already heard the reply from Mr Suthep Thaugsuban, secretary general of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee.”

She said, “I’m performing my duty today to preserve democracy. I don’t hold on (to power). However, I’m willing to cooperate with whatever the people want that will bring peace to the country.

“You have to ask those who have disrupted many of the processes on whether they agree with it. I’m just part of the mechanism. I believe that various factions want resolutions. We have to discuss and move our country forward under the democratic framework.” (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-03-28

[TVGerry]

PM Yingluck reluctant to meet anti-graft committee Monday

By English News

BANGKOK, March 28 – Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra admitted today she was deeply concerned with her required clarifications to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on alleged irregularities in the rice pledging scheme on Monday.

She questioned whether the NACC has treated her fairly and in a manner and degree similar to other holders of political positions in the past, referring to the NACC’s refusal to extend the deadline for another 45 days as she requested.

The NACC, in turning down Ms Yingluck’s request, said it has already extended the deadline by 15 days and that the caretaker prime minister would be allowed to provide more evidence or documents in the questioning process.

Ms Yingluck said the NACC normally set up a sub-committee to investigate an allegation after which the conclusion is submitted to the full committee.

“In this case, the sub-committee investigation process was skipped and the NACC spent only 21 days to wrap up its investigation,” she said.

Ms Yingluck said she has received only 49 pages of documents concerning the rice pledging scheme and another 280 pages of documents were just sent to her while she has only three days to prepare for her explanations to the NACC.

“My question is whether the NACC has treated me fairly. I do hope I’ll be granted justice in the process like other holders of political positions,” she said.

She added that she would consult her legal advisers before deciding if she will personally give her clarifications to the NACC on Monday.

She would not comment on a speculation that she would be indicted in the case but said everyone should be treated fairly under the justice system.

Asked if she contemplated taking a break from politics, Ms Yingluck said she hasn’t thought about it yet since various processes are much far ahead but “I’m willing to act in accord with the people’s demand.”

“What we have to think now is what to do next after the Constitution Court nullified the Feb 2 general election. What can we do to let all factions accept the election process and let a general election take place?” she said.

She expressed hope that the Democrat Party, Thailand’s oldest political party, will cooperate with the Election Commission.

Asked whether ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has discouraged the Pheu Thai Party from contesting in the poll if the Democrat Party does not participate, she said decisions belong to Pheu Thai Party executives.

Asked if she would agree if the Shinawatra family refrain from political activity as a resolution to the country’s political impasse, Ms Yingluck said, “You’ve already heard the reply from Mr Suthep Thaugsuban, secretary general of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee.”

She said, “I’m performing my duty today to preserve democracy. I don’t hold on (to power). However, I’m willing to cooperate with whatever the people want that will bring peace to the country.

“You have to ask those who have disrupted many of the processes on whether they agree with it. I’m just part of the mechanism. I believe that various factions want resolutions. We have to discuss and move our country forward under the democratic framework.” (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2014-03-28

Awwww afraid to face the music? That's what people who supposedly 'preserve' democracy do when they're charged with a crime, they go face their accusers. So don't talk crap about 'democracy' if you're going to put yourself above the law like your criminal of an elder brother.

[fab4]

To be treated like other politicians , like these two for example?

BANGKOK, 1 November 2013

Former prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, and former deputy prime minister, Suthep Thaugsuban, have officially acknowledged the charges brought by the attorney general against them regarding the 2010 protest crackdown. However, the Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has pushed for an investigation to impeach the two from their political office.

Despite murder charges already being brought against Mr. Abhisit and Mr. Suthep by the attorney general, the NACC has decided to push for the two to be relieved of their political positions under the charges of abusing their power in office.

The NACC claimed it is using its power as an independent entity under Section 250 of the constitution to bring charges against the former prime minister and his former deputy prime minister. It found the duo used unlawful orders allowing the military to use real ammunitions to disperse political mobs in 2010, causing deaths to 99 people and injuries to 1,000 others.

http://thaifinancialpost.com/2013/11/01/nacc-pushes-for-an-investigation-to-impeach-abhisit-and-suthep-from-office/

Just how is that impeachment process going, you know, the one about the abuse of authority that resulted in people losing not money, but their lives? Anybody heard about the progress - Did anybody know it is/was happening?

Have they fast tracked it and it passed us by?

Yingluck informed of Investigation into Rice Price Pledging - 31st January 2014, Yes, one could be forgiven for thinking that Yingluck has a point that there may be some sort of double standard being applied here.

[JoeThePoster]

On 31st March she'll not attend as she'll lose face, if she does. Afterwards, she'll appear on TV crying about how she has been unfairly treated, etc. The government TV will focus on her ankle as she cries. The same night the Red Shirts will fire M79s at the NACC building and the Constitution Court, and at the houses of the judges / commissioners. The Police will collect evidence and do nothing to find the Red Shirts. Jatuporn and Nattawut will then stir up the Red Shirts into a frenzy and organize revenge. Chalerm and Tarit will keep silent and do nothing. Have I missed out anything?

No, but the M79s will miss by a mile.

[metisdead]

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[fab4]

Awwww afraid to face the music? That's what people who supposedly 'preserve' democracy do when they're charged with a crime, they go face their accusers. So don't talk crap about 'democracy' if you're going to put yourself above the law like your criminal of an elder brother.

[than]

Always her bias propaganda, "NACC investigate quickly", but this investigation begun one year ago....... You know you make wrong take your responsibility Yingluck, you refused by the past to sack wrongdoer now it's you to face of you negligence

[wirat69]

On 31st March she'll not attend as she'll lose face, if she does. Afterwards, she'll appear on TV crying about how she has been unfairly treated, etc. The government TV will focus on her ankle as she cries. The same night the Red Shirts will fire M79s at the NACC building and the Constitution Court, and at the houses of the judges / commissioners. The Police will collect evidence and do nothing to find the Red Shirts. Jatuporn and Nattawut will then stir up the Red Shirts into a frenzy and organize revenge. Chalerm and Tarit will keep silent and do nothing. Have I missed out anything?

Yes..."TV will focus on her "ankle".... that is not a moon boot, it is a mobile Skype phone...