NRSA to consider laws
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- THINNAPAN Nakata, chairman of the National Steering Reform Assembly (NSRA), will call a meet-|ing with several ministries to help expedite the process of national reform.

He said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha had instructed the NSRA to expedite the amendment of five bills to pave the way for reform.

The bills in question are for the establishment of corruption courts, dealing with conflict of interest between individuals and the public, retrieving state assets from people convicted of graft, promoting and developing a fair agricultural system and one on setting up a committee to manage the water crisis.

In order to amend these bills, the Assembly would have to get related ministries to cooperate and work on certain aspects of the law.

Alongkorn Ponlaboot, first deputy chairman of the NRSA, said the assembly would meet from January 7-8 to discuss plans on bringing about concrete reform results.

The proposals to be discussed include the establishment of a sports ministry, a national university of sport and a national sports policy commission, plus a proposal to improve the work of the organisation that assigns radio frequencies.

The NRSA will also look for ways to regulate the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Services 2010 Act as well as introduce reforms in the police bureau.

Mechanisms driving national reform include five core agencies, which will meet every month, the whip committees, which meet every week, and the NSRA's 11 panels.

He said the assembly would work directly with the Constitution Drafting Commission and recommend necessary laws to ensure the new charter makes reform possible.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/NRSA-to-consider-laws-30275845.html


-- The Nation 2015-12-29

It would be interesting to see a breakdown of the apparently ever-expanding bureaucracy created by the current junta. A few questions spring instantly to mind:

Just how many new committees and other administrative and consultative bodies have been created since the coup - and at what cost to the taxpayer?

What is the total head count of the caretaker government and its seemingly endless offshoots - and how many of these appointments made without any input from the electorate are relatives of government ministers?

It might bring a little more happiness to the Thai people to be reassured they are getting value for their money.

Over a year and a half into this coup and they are still formulating their reforms and miles and miles to go before implementation.