Former national Thai police chief disqualified to contest FAT presidency election

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Former national police chief disqualified to contest FAT presidency election



BANGKOK: -- Former national police chief Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang was disqualified to contest for the presidency of the Football Association of Thailand for applying his candidacy at the wrong place.

Colonel Worawuth Thongsri-ngarm, secretary-general of FAT, acting on behalf of Mr Worawi Makudee, the current FAT president who is on suspension at the order of FIFA, said Wednesday that the association certified the applications of four of the six candidates namely Mr Thawatchai Satjakul, Dr Charnwit Pholcheevin, Mr Phinit Sasinin and Pol Lt-Col Chaisap Trutrittem.

He said that the candidacy applications of Pol Gen Somyot and Mr Natthapol Teepsuwan were rejected because they didn’t follow Rule No 33 which requires the applications to be sent to the office of the secretary-general.

The former police chief and Mr Natthapol applied their candidacy with the Election Commission at the Sports Authority of Thailand.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/147479


-- Thai PBS 2016-01-21

[NongKhaiKid]

Major loss of face, must be one of the only times in his life that he has been unable to get whatever it was he wanted.

I wonder if there will be words behind the scenes and as if by magic it was all a mistake ?

[smedly]

quite funny to see certain types of people scrambling to get a piece of FIFA corruption action which seems to have been quite lucrative until they got exposed recently, might be best to leave it alone unless you want to be exposed to proper legal and justice systems outside of Thailand

[rasmus5150]

I feel sorry for this poor guy.

I know exactly how he feels.

I have on numerous occasions ended up in Soi Cowboy when i had to go to the Government Complex.

[jucel]

I love how he has the word "FAIR" on his shirt.

[trogers]

Boo hoo. It's not FAIR...

[tuanku]

Three things jump out at me from this piece;

1. If you want less corruption in an organisation, why not appoint a senior member of the Royal Thai Police farce - you know it makes sense!

2. What kind of brain sends an application to the wrong office? Is this the hallmark of a competent leader?

3. Presumably THIN people are also disqualified

[Baerboxer]

Three things jump out at me from this piece;

1. If you want less corruption in an organisation, why not appoint a senior member of the Royal Thai Police farce - you know it makes sense!

2. What kind of brain sends an application to the wrong office? Is this the hallmark of a competent leader?

3. Presumably THIN people are also disqualified

Some people are more in tune with the detail, check the small print, follow the rules etc. Others can't be bothered with such things.

Remember when YL voted incorrectly for instance; or the former senior cop took his gun to Japan, then tried to bring it back in his hand luggage.

Some people just don't think any rules apply to them.

[rebelplatoon]

With all the corruption going on in world football, this organization is aptly named...

[luckyman]

quite funny to see certain types of people scrambling to get a piece of FIFA corruption action which seems to have been quite lucrative until they got exposed recently, might be best to leave it alone unless you want to be exposed to proper legal and justice systems outside of Thailand

I really doubt that that was his motivation as Somyot is very very rich already. He and his wife own 50 % of CAT Telecom amongst many other things. I believe it was status he was after....

[iReason]

"Big Aod" goes down!

"The former police chief and Mr Natthapol applied their candidacy with the Election Commission at the Sports Authority of Thailand."

Should have tried the front entrance instead of the back door.

Not to worry, Big Aod has other big plans with that money he saved up for retirement:

"I am ready to declare myself as the first national police chief to push for casinos" he said

"I am not afraid of being slammed by groups of people and members of society that are against casinos, as I adhere to reality and well realise the Thai people's gambling habit" Somyot said.

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Police-chief-backs-casinos-PM-not-opposed-to-idea-30262552.html

Nothing like having experience...

Edited January 21, 2016 by iReason

[ratcatcher]

quite funny to see certain types of people scrambling to get a piece of FIFA corruption action which seems to have been quite lucrative until they got exposed recently, might be best to leave it alone unless you want to be exposed to proper legal and justice systems outside of Thailand

I really doubt that that was his motivation as Somyot is very very rich already. He and his wife own 50 % of CAT Telecom amongst many other things. I believe it was status he was after....

Is that at all possible in view of the fact that CAT Telecom Public Company Limited is state owned?

[skildpadden]

It doesn't really show that you are interested in honor of representing Thai football if you don't even know where to send the application.

I think the onle reason is the good old police chief saw that others involved with FIFA got a lot of money out of it, and decided he wanted to be in on it too.

[Ulic]

Everybody wants to get in on the FIFA gravy train.

[stephenterry]

Well, that's one comeuppance dealt to him, and I, for one, am heartened by his disqualification.

[WitawatWatawit]

It's not corruption that lures these people to such positions, it's staus, pure and simple. Some years back, a certain retired military leader "demanded" and got the presidency of the badminton assn. He said, and I paraphrase: I know nothing about badminton, but I will do my best for the sport. Needless to say, he was only ever seen during photo ops and rarely attended meetings, so I was told. Fortunately, badminton progressed in this country despite him, but Thailand could have been much more influential on the world badminton stage if it had strong leaders.

[Jonmarleesco]

Not to worry. There are plenty of qualified candidates for presidency of FAT.

[ThaiTony2]

And this is a billionaire. So smart.

[Jonmarleesco]

quite funny to see certain types of people scrambling to get a piece of FIFA corruption action which seems to have been quite lucrative until they got exposed recently, might be best to leave it alone unless you want to be exposed to proper legal and justice systems outside of Thailand

I really doubt that that was his motivation as Somyot is very very rich already. He and his wife own 50 % of CAT Telecom amongst many other things. I believe it was status he was after....

Given CAT is state-owned, the 2006 IPO never having gone ahead, Somyot owning shares in it would be a little difficult ... even in Thailand.