Four NRSA panels offer their proposals on reform

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Four NRSA panels offer their proposals on reform
Wasamon Audjarint,
Jakrawan Salaytoo
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) met at Parliament yesterday to listen to reports from its panels on politics, national administration, law and justice process and local governance.

Seri Suwanpanont, chair of the NRSA committee on political reform, offered procedures on obtaining good politicians, creating a good political system, fair elections, effective investigation agencies and law enforcement, as well creating a good political culture, finding a way to solve political conflicts and creating reconciliation.

Witthaya Kaewparadai, a member of the panel, pointed out that an intense screening of politicians was necessary, hence they had to submit their tax records for three years. He added that party-list MPs should also be abolished to prevent parties from being influenced by outside financiers.

He added that his committee agreed with the Constitution Drafting Commission in that MPs should vote for the PM, explaining that if the PM-to-be is not an MP then he or she would have to win no less than three-fifths from all MPs to be put on the post.

Another committee member Wanchai Sornsiri proposed that intense and quick action be taken against candidates caught for electoral fraud, such as banning them from politics for life and taking strong action against financiers for wrongfully fuelling parties.

Virat Chinwinitkul, president of the NRSA committee on law and justice process, said his committee was focusing on police reform, mobile devices to track convicts and providing lawyers for people.

Panel member Pol General Worapong Chewpreecha said police reform should focus on improving investigative process, maintaining independence from politics, setting standards in the reshuffle of police officers, turning missions into responsible agencies, controlling the police budget system and encouraging public participation in police affairs. He said reform was also required in forensics system management, corruption prevention, as well as selection and training of police officers.

Ninnat Chalitanon, chair of the NRSA panel on local administration, said urgent reform was required on the structure and authority of local administrative organisations, decentralisation planning, local personnel management, regulating local organisations and allowing for public participation.

NRSA member Pol General Lertrat Rattanawanit also proposed that reforms need to be introduced in public service by allowing the private sector to cooperate and introducing more vibrancy in local service management.

The NRSA will listen to reports from its other eight panels today and tomorrow.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Four-NRSA-panels-offer-their-proposals-on-reform-30275421.html

-- The Nation 2015-12-22

[oneday]

The junta has been in power for over a year and a half and they are just now putting forward reform proposals? At this rate they should have the reforms written, edited, proofread and ready for the publisher by 2025.

Pathetic!

[Srikcir]

Not one mention of reform for a military that views itself above any Thai constitution, laws and due process of law. So long as a small segment of Thai society has autocratic control of the nation, there will never be real reforms.