Thailand Reform Institute: Reform must not weaken bureaucratic system

[Lite Beer]

Thailand Reform Institute: Reform must not weaken bureaucratic system

BANGKOK, 15 February 2015 (NNT) - The chairman of Thailand Reform Institute has pointed out that the reform of Thailand must not lead to the weakening of the country’s bureaucratic system.

According to Associate Professor Sangsit Piriyarangsan, chairman of Thailand Reform Institute and member of the National Reform Council, the globalization trend in the past 30-40 years has effectively led to the reform initiatives in many ways and resulted in the limited strengthening of politics and society.

However, Mr. Sangsit noted that the lack of stability in Thailand’s political system has hindered past reform efforts while corruption continued to obstruct such a process as well.

He said that the current reform endeavour should be cautious and seriously look at how to allow the public administration to move on effectively without weakening the bureaucratic system, which is important for the country in order to move forward.

Mr. Sangsit stated that people’s participation in controlling the works of the government is needed and efforts must be launched to eliminate nepotism and cronyism.

-- NNT 2015-02-15

[WhizBang]

Define weakening of the country’s bureaucratic system.

[elgordo38]

Define weakening of the country’s bureaucratic system.

The Bureaucrats will do just fine under the new system thank you. Its the poor and disenfranchised I am worried about. They always seem to get by passed and then show their frustration at the ballot box. Its been a merry go round for years.

[WhizBang]

So... don't upset the status quo, then. They want business as usual. Thought so.

Yes, and I just do not see the merry-go-round stopping any time soon.

Edited February 15, 2015 by WhizBang

[MrPerfect]

Define weakening of the country’s bureaucratic system.

Allowing politicians to have any ability to enact the policies that they took to the people and won an election on.

[rickirs]

The bureaucrats just got pay raises and new uniforms. I'm sure they'll survive.

More importantly Sangsit seems to have overlooked the repeated dozen military coups in Thailand THAT DISRUPT the entire government bureacratic process. He is focused on an effect and not the cause. But certainly, now is not the time to point to the Junta as a problem unless he wants an Attitude Adjustment Holiday.

[heybruce]

Define weakening of the country’s bureaucratic system.

Interfering with its ability to extract unlimited monies from the public purse, businesses, the citizenry, tourists, and foreign residents by every means possible.

Also supporting a patronage system in which useful supporters receive cushy jobs they have no qualifications to hold.

[bangon04]

"The chairman of Thailand Reform Institute has pointed out that the reform of Thailand must not lead to the weakening of the country’s bureaucratic system."

so the chairman of the "Reform" institute is advising no reform of bureaucracy? Is he sure he is in the right job?

[Suffinator]

Difficult to reform any system when those in power don't have a clue what they are doing. Reform is what is needed but the Junta, as an illegitimate government, has no legal powers to reform anything without breaking the constitution. Oh yes that's right, just over-throw a legitimately elected government, re-write the constitution to however you see fit and then start the reform process.

The result ... new elections held, government voted in, the elites don't like it, the army stages another coup ... round and round we go.

[nong38]

Bureaocracy gone mad is how I see Thailand's system! Yes you have to have records and a planned way of doing and recording things but really, duplicate and triplicate copies of paper rather than on the commputer in this day and age?

Perhaps the whole system just needs up dating, it has nothing to do with reform, or, then again perhaps it does.