Lite Beer Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 CDC decides to set up 'Citizens Assembly' to empower localsKRIS BHROMSUTHITHE NATION BANGKOK: -- As part of its agenda to help citizens become more actively engaged with their local administrative organisations, the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) yesterday decided to establish a "Citizens Assembly".The commission also completed the drafting of six charter provisions on power decentralisation and local administrative organisations.The Citizens Assembly is part of the charter drafters' initiative to give ordinary people a chance to exchange ideas in a politics-free environment. As per the provision, the assembly will not just allow the public to examine their local administrative organisations, but also support and cooperate with them in order to achieve common goals.The CDC has also drafted a provision under which all local administrative organisations are obliged to encourage and create a system or process that allows people to participate and be updated about the body's affairs, such as their finances and future projects.Under the new provision, the local administrations' scope of responsibilities will be "wider and more open", CDC spokesman Kamnoon Sidhisamarn said. For instance, the article states that citizens have the right to take part in local administrative affairs such as shaping the structure of the organisation or changing the boundaries of their organisation.Wuttisarn Tanchai, another CDC spokesman, said encouraging citizens to be actively engaged in their local affairs would create an open, flexible and independent administrative organisation. He said these bodies would no longer be required to have a rigid structure such as having "assembly" and "executive" branches, because these structures prevented the local organisations from growing and adapting to meet local demands, such as developing special economic zones.Wuttisarn also said that the six articles drafted so far "were designed to solve long-standing problems and improve the effectiveness in implementing the constitution"."The new agenda is to create an 'open' diversity of local administrative organisations, as well as set clear provisions on the allocation of budgets," he said.In relation to budget allocation, the article states: "The process of power decentralisation should be continuous. The organisation responsible for the success and progress of power decentralisation should be established and the allocation of government tax revenue and other income to local administrative organisations should be done at a proportion that is appropriate to its responsibilities and type. There shall also be a regulatory as well as examination system that monitors the progress of power decentralisation."The CDC has also drafted another provision under which an "appointment committee" will be established. It will be responsible of appointing, transferring or dismissing local administration officials using a merit-based system. This will be done to protect local administration officials from being politically manipulated or influenced. However, it remains to be seen how the CDC designs the acquisition framework for the panel itself.A similar appointment committee will also established for the transfer, hiring or dismissal of ministries' permanent secretaries or heads of public offices of equal ranks. This will also be based on a merit system, the drafting committee claims. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/CDC-decides-to-set-up-Citizens-Assembly-to-empower-30253587.html -- The Nation 2015-02-07 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) In relation to budget allocation, the article states: "The process of power decentralisation should be continuous. The organisation responsible for the success and progress of power decentralisation should be established and the allocation of government tax revenue and other income to local administrative organisations should be done at a proportion that is appropriate to its responsibilities and type. There shall also be a regulatory as well as examination system that monitors the progress of power decentralisation." After realizing that the above text was vacuous Eartha Kitt it was hastily re-written to say " Business as usual 30%" so as to avoid any " confusion and misunderstanding" Edited February 7, 2015 by mca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbthailand Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 The Citizens Assembly is part of the charter drafters' initiative to give ordinary people a chance to exchange ideas in a politics-free environment. what's with the obsession of this CDC to scrub politics of politics? Politics is all about ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 AH!! Just like Cuba! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadGeordie Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Indoctrination at a local level. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubl Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 The Citizens Assembly is part of the charter drafters' initiative to give ordinary people a chance to exchange ideas in a politics-free environment. what's with the obsession of this CDC to scrub politics of politics? Politics is all about ideas. Maybe they dislike the idea of 'red' villages which seem only about the politics of Amply Rich people rather than the villagers themselves ? BTW since when is self-entitlement equal to politics ? Was the American Revolution about politics? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickirs Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 In a one-party system such as in communist China, North Korea, and Cuba there are no politics. This is what the Junta wants to achieve at every level of Thai society. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubl Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 In a one-party system such as in communist China, North Korea, and Cuba there are no politics. This is what the Junta wants to achieve at every level of Thai society. Utter manure. Under the benevalent leadership of the NCPO there is no need for a (political) party 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 In a one-party system such as in communist China, North Korea, and Cuba there are no politics. This is what the Junta wants to achieve at every level of Thai society. Utter manure. Under the benevalent leadership of the NCPO there is no need for a (political) party You are absolutely correct. What they seek to achieve is the perfect Plutocratic state: "Unlike systems such as democracy, capitalism, socialism or anarchism, plutocracy is not rooted in an established political philosophy" Plutocracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binjalin Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 In a one-party system such as in communist China, North Korea, and Cuba there are no politics. This is what the Junta wants to achieve at every level of Thai society. Utter manure. Under the benevalent leadership of the NCPO there is no need for a (political) party I am worried you may actually believe this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubl Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 In a one-party system such as in communist China, North Korea, and Cuba there are no politics. This is what the Junta wants to achieve at every level of Thai society. Utter manure. Under the benevalent leadership of the NCPO there is no need for a (political) party I am worried you may actually believe this In that case can I offer you a beach front property in Udon? With certificate that on that very spot John Wayne saw the Sun set in one of his war movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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