webfact Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Reform committee chair wants tough penalty for election fraud KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN THE NATION Seree BANGKOK: -- THE National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA)’s political reform committee - which has a reputation for being hard-bitten following several strong political reform proposals - will make its voice heard again in a meeting on Wednesday with law-making bodies including the Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) to discuss two highly charged organic draft bills concerning political parties and politicians. The current regime wants to root out corrupt politicians and inject decent new players, as pledged when it staged the coup two years ago. The politicians, on the other hand, want to reassert themselves and resist the change being forced on them by the present powers-that-be. So, this reform task has fallen into the committee's lap. Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Reform-committee-chair-wants-tough-penalty-for-ele-30296179.html -- © Copyright The Nation 2016-09-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Given the new charter, and all the 'safeguards", I wonder if elections could be classified as frauds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Tough penalties???? What a 500 baht fine, and dont do it again !! If they had tough penalties and used them, there would be nobody left to elect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Great stuff all this tough talk. Put all the punitive measures you want into laws etc. but it still comes down to enforcement and no matter what the issue is here there's always a way to excuse lack of action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 5 hours ago, webfact said: inject decent new players This would be the good people preferred by the military who would put State and nationalism above the needs of the electorate. Decent new players would be the ones who support the NCPO 20-year roadmap regardless of the priorities of the electorate. Doesn't that essentially corrupt the electoral system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgeorgeallen Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 tougher laws to be used selectively to remove unwanted politicians to be replaced with these more friendly to those currently in power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliotness Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Reminds me a bit of Oliver Cromwell, except the killing the King bit, he removed a corrupt parliament, installed a group of "righteous people" to run the country. Didn't last long so I guess the 20 year plan is a bit shaky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Reforms before elections. No hurry though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 1 hour ago, NongKhaiKid said: Great stuff all this tough talk. Put all the punitive measures you want into laws etc. but it still comes down to enforcement and no matter what the issue is here there's always a way to excuse lack of action. Agreed.. there are plenty of laws on all things (same like the Ayuttaya boat) they are just not enforced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 2 hours ago, Emster23 said: Given the new charter, and all the 'safeguards", I wonder if elections could be classified as frauds? These laws will be applied selectively. There is a class power structure pecking order here. Your loyalty will determine what level you function at. They want the same power structure as China but without all the obvious baggage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 52 minutes ago, elgordo38 said: They want the same power structure as China Not a frivilous notion: (2014-08-29) Realising that he faces a formidable task ahead, Prayuth has reportedly decided to upgrade his advisory team into a body similar to the central politburo of China's Communist Party..... This begs the question: will this committee be as powerful as China's politburo? http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Prayuth-as-PM-bears-huge-burden-of-expectations-30242019.html However, in China's power structure the military pledges allegiance to the CCP and cannot operate independently from CCP leadership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Has Thailand enough prisons??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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