NACC assures fair treatment of PM Yingluck

[Utley]

To this self entitled little girl and her brother's cronies and dogs, she'll only get 'fair' treatment if she's acquitted.

Just like Fox News, you are "Fair and Balanced" - NOT!

[lungmi]

10% of smear money is o.k. Your car needs lubrifiant too, gear box, engine etc.

10 to 20% is the normal fight between tax payers and tax officers.

20 to 30% is the international corruption level: Banks, international companies and so on.

More than 30% is the criminal or Marcos, Mugabe, Berlusconi Thaksin-level.

#29 Poster is absolutely right.

[Morch]

The fact they felt the need to come out and assure fair treatment reveals all that anyone needs to know.

Only the guilty need defend themselves before they act.

Well, the CTPM and her supporters were whining about unfair treatment.

Guess if the NACC wouldn't have said anything, you'd have a go at them for not denying it.

[tezzainoz]

" NACC member Vicha Mahakhun said the NACC has left the door fully open for Ms Yingluck to clarify the charges, reassuring that NACC members have performed their duties without bias. He said the prime minister was allowed to assign a lawyer to defend the case – a practice which has never been permitted in the past. "

This is the very centre of the matter.Yingluck has had an abundance of opportunities to meet with the NACC and to address their questions and mount her defense. So what has she done ? -

She used her spare time to admonish the NACC through facebook and through the media, kept delaying her appearances, finally showed up briefly to hand them a folder but didn't address any questions, went back to posting on facebook and making more public announcements, encouraged her " cabinet ministers " and deputies to do the same, instructed her lawyers to question the NACC ( which by the way, is what Vicha was referring to - in other words - contempt of court, something that actually Yingluck and Pheu Thai in general - not to mention the UDD - are already guilty of ), and instructing a cabinet minister to announce publicly that he would testify on her behalf - without consulting the NACC. But what exactly happened with the witnesses and lawyers that actually did appear before the NACC ( not counting Kittiratt, of course, who is on track to deliver his testimony one presumes one of these years ) ? They were an absolute fizzle. Nobody seemed to have a clue how to address the questions. There was either a profound lack of witness preparation, or quite simply - no facts to support them. Hence the obfuscation.

Yingluck has learnt from her brother

Blame every thing on every one else and do everything possible to delay any action

and if she does not get her way

Cry that she has not been treated fairly

[Acharn]

From an article in The New York Times, March 31, 2014. I'm reluctant to give the title because it might risk ThaiVisa being accused of contempt of court. The excerpt only refers to Mr. Wicha/Vicha:

Wicha Mahakhun, the member of the commission who is charged with handling the case, has sparred with Ms. Yinglucks party before. He was appointed by the military in 2007 to rewrite the Constitution after the overthrow of Ms. Yinglucks brother Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted as prime minister in a 2006 coup détat.

The new Constitution was intended to blunt the governing party's electoral power in part by making half of the Senate appointed by judges and the heads of agencies, instead of directly elected.

"We all know elections are evil," Mr. Wicha said at the time, arguing that power must be transferred into the hands of judges rather than elected representatives, who he said had caused the country to collapse.

"People, especially academics who want to see the Constitution lead to genuine democracy, are naïve," he said.

Everybody knows this has already been ordered by the people behind the PDRC. I don't know why they feel it's necessary to put on the show. She's toast, same as Samak.

Edited April 12, 2014 by Acharn

[tingtongteesood]

He can't really tell the truth, can he!

Give it a rest please red sheeple. She has been treated more than fairly and she deserves to be sent to prison for many years and have every baht in her possession confiscated and sent to the country's coffers, wouldnn't even come close to correcting her wrongdoings but would be a good start..

[dukebowling]

One is one too many for her.

She should be jail for her sin,and her brothers.

He who is without sin, cast the first stone…

Edited April 12, 2014 by dukebowling

[Rimbuman]

Once PM Yingluck is gone, and all those evil Shinawatras, Thailand will return to the clean, moral, incorruptible, honest, kind and generous Thailand that it never was.

Perhaps not lol ... but hopefully things will go back to the more manageable 15-30% bribe rate pre-Thaksin rather than the 40-60% it currently is.

That sounds reasonable

[northernjohn]

To change the subject a little bit.

Did Yingluck not ask to be treated like every one else.

In spite of this the court allowed her to have a lawyer.

Is that treating her like every one else.

Why doesn't she back up her talk and fire him. Do her own defending.

I am sure tears will go along way towards defending herself.

[metisdead]

Off topic posts and replies have been removed.

[bigbamboo]

What does over express his opinion mean?

She is the first person to have a lawyer defend someone in their arena however he better not defend to the best of his ability otherwise they will throw him out.

This is why they are called kangaroo courts.

You guys are right she's probably gone but the justice system is a joke

Not to be overly picky but the last "C" in NACC does not stand for court.

"Kangaroo Commission" would be a better term, just for the sake of accuracy.

Kangaroo courts?

I suppose that could explain why so many 'skip' the country when they're found guilty.

[dcutman]

What does over express his opinion mean?

She is the first person to have a lawyer defend someone in their arena however he better not defend to the best of his ability otherwise they will throw him out.

This is why they are called kangaroo courts.

You guys are right she's probably gone but the justice system is a joke

Not to be overly picky but the last "C" in NACC does not stand for court.

"Kangaroo Commission" would be a better term, just for the sake of accuracy.

Kangaroo courts?

I suppose that could explain why so many 'skip' the country when they're found guilty.

Yes, and lets hope she follows follows in her brothers footsteps and takes the whole clan with her. Does Malaysian Airlines fly to Dubai?

[Thai at Heart]

What a complete, total, and utter farce. And supposedly intelligent people read the statement and say, "yes, that's fair good and proper".

A paragon of independence and good practice.

[Robby nz]

It would seem that the red posters have accepted Yinglucks guilt as the sole thrust of their posts is to try to discredit and vilify the NACC.

It is of course disgraceful that she with the smiling face on so many billboards should be held accountable along with any other citizen who breaks the law buts that's really the way it should be.

The law is one of the main bastions of the democracy that she and her supporters cry so loud and long for, although they don't appear to realize that law must apply

to them as well.

When someone takes on a job, particularly a job that has the potential to cost the country and the people billions, it is not unreasonable to expect them to actually do that job.

In this case it is obvious that Yingluck has not done the job of overseeing the rice pledging scheme as chair of the policy committee which she took on herself, note she was not appointed to that position but took it upon herself.

The NACC has had more than a year to investigate the scheme and it would seem has found corruption, therefor have looked to see where the fault lies in allowing or at least turning a blind eye to that corruption, hence the charges of negligence against the one who should have been in the position to detect and prevent the corruption.

You should note that she is not herself being charged with corruption at this stage only of not doing the job that she took on.

Now why is that so difficult to understand ?

[Rich teacher]

Even the World Justice Report says the Thai civil justice system is under political influence.

[issanaus]

Even the World Justice Report says the Thai civil justice system is under political influence.

You are totally correct it is under political influence - look at all the threats that have been made against the judiciary and the NACC by government.

The question is does have grenades thrown at the institution and threats made by the supporters of the Caretaker government count as political influence or is that that just terrorist threats?