NCPO urges state enterprises to work with transparency

[Lite Beer]

NCPO urges state enterprises to work with transparency
By Digital Content

BANGKOK, June 21 -- Representatives of 56 state enterprises on Saturday attended a meeting with the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and were told that their board members must be efficient while their offices must be equipped with transparency and accountability, said an NCPO spokesman.

NCPO spokesman Yongyuth Mayalarp said participants who attended the meeting -- held at the Army headquarters this morning and chaired by Gen Chatchai Sirikalya, deputy chief of NCPO supervising economic affairs -- were told that the NCPO leader Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha wanted to see board members of state enterprises work for the benefit of the people.

According to Dr Yongyuth, participants were told by Gen Chatchai that only some state enterprises, such as those involving energy and the communications sectors still needed to be improved in order to create fairness for consumers and prevent monopoly.

The order was given as board members at several state enterprises have already resigned from their posts in order to pave ways for an NCPO-led reshuffle.

Quoting Gen Chatchai's directive to the meeting participants, Dr Yongyuth said efficient and knowledgeable persons, particularly in management, marketing, finance and security fields would be recruited to join executive boards at state enterprises in the near future in a bid to promote transparency, accountability and efficiency.

Also, lavish benefits offered to board members at state enterprises in the past would be “reduced to an appropriate level” while disbursement of budget expenditure for fiscal 2014, which ends this September 30 must be asked if necessary only and “there must be no more corruption," said Gen Chatchai.

State enterprises whose projects must be carried out this fiscal year and carry an investment of over Bt100 million must be proposed to the NCPO via the Finance Ministry for consideration, Gen Chatchai said.

In a related development, Panadda Diskul, deputy permanent secretary for Interior and acting permanent secretary for Prime Minister's Office, said he would study the operations of MCOT Plc, as proposed by its workers’ union, carefully.

The MCOT workers’ union earlier asked NCPO to help in appointing the firm’s new board members who can be efficient in running the company, and also proposed that MCOT is ready to become a model for the junta to suppress corrupt practices prevailing at state enterprises. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2014-06-21

[ChrisY1]

"Urged to work with transparency" ?????....There really should be no Option!

[Emster23]

Luckily headline not match story: They were not just "urged". I was already to let fly about that! but story says "were told that their board members must be efficient while their offices must be equipped with transparency.

[Hawk]

All civil servants will be required to work naked, making it very hard to stash the illegal cash.

[salavan]

transparency in the land of smoke and mirrors

[noitom]

The fox in the chicken coop. The fox tells the chickens he wants them to be transparent, but the chickens have no way to check up on the fox and if they try, they are dead meat.

[englishoak]

and “there must be no more corruption," said Gen Chatchai.

Good luck with that one happening.

[Chris Lawrence]

What about the Bangkok Elite, and the Army?

"Quoting Gen Chatchai's directive to the meeting participants, Dr Yongyuth said efficient and knowledgeable persons, particularly in management, marketing, finance and security fields would be recruited to join executive boards at state enterprises in the near future in a bid to promote transparency, accountability and efficiency."

So does this mean the armed service people on boards will be removed and replaced with competent people?

A lot of this rehtoric appears to be window dressing; you have the Bangkok Elite that still have to get a big chunk of the pie. To initiate practices that work on a model of operating a business at commercial level sounds forigen to this mob. These benefits also extend to the Armed Service people?

So how is this going to translate to the way the Armed Services operate: are they suddenly going to be transparent? Are they going to have their budgets on display for all of Thailand?

Its easy to get in and kick heads. The truth in what is being said will be the change that one can look back on in say 2-4 years and say yeah that worked.

The more the Army stays in control the less is being said about the Shin Corrporation. The Shin Dynasty has been the perfect smoke screen for the Democrats, but without these two in the picture what is really now happening is under the spotlight. There is no one there to say look what they were doing, although the side pointing the finger had three pointing back.

Cronyism, nepotisim, graft and corruption have been the cornerstone of business practice in Thailand. The course the General appears to be applying may give some change to this mantra? Baby steps are sometimes needed with this change? But seriously, is he going to kill off the Goldern Goose for the Elite and Military?

Time will tell.

[FangFerang]

Luckily headline not match story: They were not just "urged". I was already to let fly about that! but story says "were told that their board members must be efficient while their offices must be equipped with transparency.

There are so many Thais in Thai Visa now...one wonders why...........

[billd766]

The fox in the chicken coop. The fox tells the chickens he wants them to be transparent, but the chickens have no way to check up on the fox and if they try, they are dead meat.

Just like under the previous government who tolerated NO accountability, NO transparency, NO moral standards, NO honesty was permitted and those that broke their rules were punished.

On the other hand the Army seem to be doing it for ALL the Thai people whereas the previous government were doing for themselves and their master.

[billd766]

What about the Bangkok Elite, and the Army?

"Quoting Gen Chatchai's directive to the meeting participants, Dr Yongyuth said efficient and knowledgeable persons, particularly in management, marketing, finance and security fields would be recruited to join executive boards at state enterprises in the near future in a bid to promote transparency, accountability and efficiency."

So does this mean the armed service people on boards will be removed and replaced with competent people?

A lot of this rehtoric appears to be window dressing; you have the Bangkok Elite that still have to get a big chunk of the pie. To initiate practices that work on a model of operating a business at commercial level sounds forigen to this mob. These benefits also extend to the Armed Service people?

So how is this going to translate to the way the Armed Services operate: are they suddenly going to be transparent? Are they going to have their budgets on display for all of Thailand?

Its easy to get in and kick heads. The truth in what is being said will be the change that one can look back on in say 2-4 years and say yeah that worked.

The more the Army stays in control the less is being said about the Shin Corrporation. The Shin Dynasty has been the perfect smoke screen for the Democrats, but without these two in the picture what is really now happening is under the spotlight. There is no one there to say look what they were doing, although the side pointing the finger had three pointing back.

Cronyism, nepotisim, graft and corruption have been the cornerstone of business practice in Thailand. The course the General appears to be applying may give some change to this mantra? Baby steps are sometimes needed with this change? But seriously, is he going to kill off the Goldern Goose for the Elite and Military?

Time will tell.

Well Chris if you think that it will take 2 to 4 years then give them the time to do it.

After all the PTP had 3 years and were always pleading for more time and look at the mess that they left.