Assemblyman wants charter draft makes fighting corruption a duty of Thais



BANGKOK: -- The National Reform Steering Assembly on Tuesday resolved unanimously by 179 votes to submit their recommendations and comments on the charter draft to the Constitution Drafting Committee.

The assembly also voted by 178 against one instructing each committee of the assembly proposes one sub-section regarding reforms to the assembly’s whips for consideration within this week.

Mr Panthep Klanarongran, chairman of the committee on corruption affairs, suggested that the charter draft should be amended to make it a duty for members of the public to get rid of corruption instead of just cooperating with officials to get rid of corruption.

In order for anti-graft effort to be effective, he said the charter draft should be penned in a way that the public have the right to take corruption case to the court, the government is obliged to disclose procurement details to the public for acknowledgement, corrupt MPs should be deprived of parliamentary immunity and public prosecutors should be banned for holding posts in state enterprises.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/150262


-- Thai PBS 2016-02-10

sounds like a good idea ... but i don't expect it to get into the Constitution

Let's start at the very beginning. Is vote selling Corruption?

"make it a duty for members of the public to get rid of corruption instead of just cooperating with officials to get rid of corruption."

Shall there be then vigilantes who, like Prayut with his secret list of accused corrupt officials, will target people with little or no evidence? Somehow this smells of the creation of yet another Independent Organization that would appoint, control and oversee multiple citizen corruption troopers (aka Stern Troopers?) that would operate in lieu of formal government investigations. This could become a powerful political force against enemies of the State.

"the charter draft should be penned in a way that the public have the right to take corruption case to the court..."

Better get rid of the defamation laws that the rich use to prosecute those that identify their illegal activities.

"...the government is obliged to disclose procurement details to the public for acknowledgement.."

Of course this won't apply to military spending.

"...corrupt MPs should be deprived of parliamentary immunity..."

Good idea. We all know the only acceptable form of immunity is immunity from prosecution for staging a coup.

"...and public prosecutors should be banned for holding posts in state enterprises."

Why not ban all government employees from any business positions or investments that represent a conflict of interest? Oh wait, I remember....that would make it harder for the generals to get rich.

Thailand has more generals then most countries. Said people are disproportionately wealth for their official salary.

Yea good luck fighting corruption to this assemblyman....lol[emoji23]

Constitutions are not the tool used to fight corruption.

These people are idiots.

But then fighting corruption has always just been a smoke-screen for them ...

Let's start at the very beginning. Is vote selling Corruption?

Let's go back even further! Is taking power by force, and installing an appointed Legislative Assembly (because you can't win an election) corruption?

Silly me - they have an amnesty for all that!