PM urges all sides to speed up country reform

[rooster59]

PM urges all sides to speed up country reform

BANGKOK, 25 December 2015 (NNT) – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has concluded the government performance announcement by urging all state agencies to speed up the national reform.

During his closing speech, Prime Minister Gen Prayut has called on all ministries to work out national strategic development plans for the next 20 years in an attempt to strengthen education and produce quality youths.

Gen Prayut suggested that all agencies try harder to raise public knowledge of the government’s performance. He commented that the lack of communication between the government and the public could have raised doubts about the government’s intention.

Gen Prayut instructed all agencies to spend their budgets carefully and threatened to penalize those mismanaging their budgets and those failing to conclude their projects within the given time. The premier vowed to deal with all pending corruption cases without delay, saying that all remaining rice stocks would be sold off to prevent further losses.

Gen Prayut also asked all sectors to avoid causing a new conflict. He affirmed that the government’s aim was to create the constitution that promotes strong democracy and good governance within the remaining one year and six months in office.

-- NNT 2015-12-26

[WhizBang]

All talk (and threats), but no action.

[noitom]

He's urging, threatening, calling on, commenting, penalizing, and of course vowing and affirming. What a Thai kind of guy.

[jaltsc]

"During his closing speech, Prime Minister Gen Prayut has called on all ministries to work out national strategic development plans for the next 20 years in an attempt to strengthen education and produce quality youths."

Sort of like god creating his little part of the world in his image.

[billd766]

The problem with getting all sides to work together for the benefit of ALL of the people of Thailand is that the two main parties want themselves in control and nobody else and they won't speak to each other.

They will cheerfully slag each other off, but to actually work together IMHO simply won't happen.

[nong38]

Military speed and political speed are not the same, I am sure Prayut would like to see more movement but the civil servants have their own pace, time is not important to them so long as the money is in the bank every month. He has/is trying to do a good job but I think there are millstones round his neck in the shape of people who cannot or will not improve their efficiency, he cannot be everywhere at once although he does try, he delegates but to the right people? Makes you wonder with the slow progress of things after the fancy speeches on what is planned. Did I see plans of 20 years into the future, wow! thats something new, forward planning is going to be forced onto people so they can see the benefits and time is now getting short, unless of course the constitution is not ready in time.

If nothing else we live, as always, in interesting times.

[realenglish1]

Then you need to get the Thai teachers that speak Pigeon English to teach the chidren how not to speak English

Its only native speakers of English that correctly teach Thais how to speak English unless the Thai is TOTALLY fluent in English

Otherwise they will not pronounce English very well

[Nbarch]

Of course he needs to speed up reforms - the clock is ticking.

[oneday]

Reform? Everything looks the same to me for the last 6 years, except for the loss of a number of freedoms. Humm, seems like the only reform we have seen is all negative.

[tbthailand]

that was your job for the last 20 months, Prayuth. Stop pointing the finger at everyone else and live up to your own failures.

oh, wait, maybe reforms never really was your real goal...

[sawadee1947]

to work out national strategic development plans for the next 20 years

so far so good. But what will happen when governments in the future will change those plans. What the General/Army is suppose to do then ?

[Briggsy]

Thailand already has a comprehensive education network covering every tambon in the nation and has had for decades. It also has a bloated Ministry of Education in terms of employees.

What is doesn't have is an independent inspection body auditing overall national results and having the power to audit and inspect individual educational establishments.

Imagine the uproar if such a body were created. All those little fiefdoms would feel threatened. The plan would soon be shelved or the body emasculated to the point it was subordinate to the bodies it was auditing.

On a wider point, every administration since the Second World War in Thailand has pushed their agenda through the official national school syllabus. You can bet yo' backside, civil servants in the Ministry of Education have been adding bits about the military safeguarding the nation's democracy and protecting the country from unspecified threats non-stop for the last 19 months.

[duckmandon]

So is he talking about being in power for the next 20 years? If people criticize the governments performance they are called in for attitude adjustment. Its called democracy when people ask questions of their Government officials & even to criticize the policies or question the motives of politicians. Transparency is what is required & an ability to take criticism in any form whether it be local or International.

[jesimps]

The problem with getting all sides to work together for the benefit of ALL of the people of Thailand is that the two main parties want themselves in control and nobody else and they won't speak to each other.

They will cheerfully slag each other off, but to actually work together IMHO simply won't happen.

Political parties never do, that's where your checks and balances come from. Similar to prosecution and defence in court and the jury are the electorate.

[jesimps]

Then you need to get the Thai teachers that speak Pigeon English to teach the chidren how not to speak English

Its only native speakers of English that correctly teach Thais how to speak English unless the Thai is TOTALLY fluent in English

Otherwise they will not pronounce English very well

Lets out the Spams then.

[tominbkk]

"PM urges all sides to speed up country reform"

He says with his foot firmly on the brakes.....

[Trouble]

Twenty year plans? There are not too many Thais that can think beyond the next payday.

[Squeegee]

Stop lying to the people, Prayuth.

[nong38]

Reform? Everything looks the same to me for the last 6 years, except for the loss of a number of freedoms. Humm, seems like the only reform we have seen is all negative.

Well we have not much violence or out of control political rallies which might be seem as a positive or maybe a curtailment of freedom depending on how you view the situation but as we dont have any "Thai Rights" in those departments it has not affected my freedoms and no violence to get caught up in is a bonus.

When the country is returned to the people for choosing the next leaders we will see how successful the current rulers have been and if the political parties have learnt anything.

[Solomon]

Reform? Everything looks the same to me for the last 6 years, except for the loss of a number of freedoms. Humm, seems like the only reform we have seen is all negative.

Well we have not much violence or out of control political rallies which might be seem as a positive or maybe a curtailment of freedom depending on how you view the situation but as we dont have any "Thai Rights" in those departments it has not affected my freedoms and no violence to get caught up in is a bonus.

When the country is returned to the people for choosing the next leaders we will see how successful the current rulers have been and if the political parties have learnt anything.

ALL of the political violence of the last 10 years has as its root cause a denial of democracy by the military backed upper classes.

ALL OF IT!

Had these selfish, greedy and corrupted people let democracy take its natural course, Thaksin, quite probably, would have been VOTED out of office by now.