so cronyism=corruption.. Couldn't agree more.

How exactly were all these various offshoots of the NCPO/NLA picked again?

Here we're discussing the suspension of the president of the Supreme Administrative Court. A court already in existance for a while.

"Although the Petition Committee was established as an organ to adjudicate administrative cases, the attempt to establish Administrative Court was remained in existence and was, under General Chartchai Chunhawan Government and under the Government of Mr. Chuan Leekpai, rekindled. However, the attempt was still unsuccessful. It was only in 1995 that there was the amendment of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand by Amendment (No.5), B.E. 2538 (1995) to add a provision for Administrative Court and to prescribe the Administrative Court to have competence to try and adjudicate cases as the law shall provide"

http://www.admincourt.go.th/amc_eng/01-court/background/attempt.htm

If removing somebody for cronyism isn't reducing corruption, what is it?

Come on, I'm sure you could dream up some silly conspiracy theory.

I refer you to this comment, and based on the historical postings of the guy, we know full well what he was getting at

I don't trust any of them, but again i don't see what it has to do with any political party.

If you think the outing of one judge for cronyism is demonstrably acting to reduce corruption then you are completely naive. We will never know of course, but i would rather suspect there is far more to than this.

If removing somebody for cronyism isn't reducing corruption, what is it?

Come on, I'm sure you could dream up some silly conspiracy theory.

Before you fall off your high horse, let me give you a little homework:

Check the background of the Chief of National Police Khun Somyot Punpanmuang.

Unusual wealthy and despite that handpicked by Prayut to the job.

Probably a pure coincidence that he wore a yellow shirt, when it was time for promotions!!

Maybe amongst the many military friends Gen. Prayut had there weren't too many who knew the RTP structure?

Yes i am sure he could not ask his 'father' General Prawit, whose brother was ex police chief the ways of the land.....

Come on Rubl at least be serious...

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Hmmm.

In my experience, when the official reason for removing a powerful figure is a relatively minor ethical transgression, the truth is not being told.

Yes, minor ethical transgression. The Judge apparently asked somebody to exert influence over a police promotion. It appears the request was not honored. So the influence did not occur. But the request was unethical, and the Judge should have been reprimanded, if that was all there was to the story. Instead, he was drummed out.

Transparency is not a major feature in Thailand.

What's your point?

But its okay we are to have trust in the judicial system.....

......even more so when it is observed to be cleaning its own house.

You want us to trust a PTP government - when was the last, any, time a PTP MP reported any of the corruption rampant in that government's ranks?

They didn't see any because they were too busy indulging in it themselves.

Or investigating the one person who tried to point out that corruption was occurring. (in the Rice Scam, that is.)

Some senior businessman had mentioned that the Thai vocabulary does not have a word similar in meaning to 'Integrity'.

This kind of statement irks me no end. Either the person you spoke to was teasing you, or lying to you, or you misunderstood him, or you are just posting BS. The Thai language does not lack words for any concept. The equivalent of "integrity" is ความสมบูรณ์, khwamsombun.

I understand you dislike Thais and regard them with contempt, and you can't wait until you are able to leave this benighted and totally awful country, but you really need to reexamine your attitude.

Oh well he still has a job

The judiciary needs reforming, but so do all parts of the justice system, including laws that were deliberately written with loopholes and in vague ways to allow much "interpretation". And whose job is it to create, word and amend laws?

A senior judge breaks the rules and is suspended. Very good. Hardly going to solve corruption on its own. But, judges being suspended, police being prosecuted and put in jail, their assets seized, civil servants being dismissed, politicians and civil servants facing criminal charges - all starting to look like a change. More so than the previous government who simply ignored corruption, especially their own.

More so than previous GovernmentS including military ones. You know as well as I do that the police etc who have been jailed was for different reasons, yes its good they have been pulled up but lets not pretend its a serious crackdown on the roots of the corruption problems in the police force. I drive 1000's of kilometers a month and have been pulled up as much, if not more in the past year and 'fined' than any time.

So i will agree with you that some action has been taken, but so far for me the action taken is of a selective nature, or 'disposable' persons rather than a concerted effort to really eradicate things.

I suppose only time will tell. We are still waiting for any 'reform' of any of the key institutions and we are now close to a year in.

Time will indeed tell. One year to clean all this up - probably they don't know where to start! (Joke). Of course the attentions are focused for all sorts of reasons but nevertheless those individuals seem to have been acting corruptly. In the past all this corruption was simply ignored as long as the right people were paid off.

No doubt it's the very tip of the iceberg, and there's always much more under the water. But at least it's a start, and more than the previous gang ever did, despite all their press releases, photo ops and statements saying there was no corruption.

I and Mrs BB drive daily - most days in a month. I haven't been pulled up. She was done for going over the white line at a major junction traffic lights. Very smart professional young officer who made it very clear she would have to go into the police office there. She paid the fine and was given an official receipt. No hint of any alternative. Guess it's all down to personal experience.

Any mileage in taking a closer look at the 3 who voted against?

Hey, at least they moved on this and didn't sweep it under the rug.

Another step towards progress.

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