THAI POLITICS: A leader must be held accountable for the actions of his team

[elgordo38]

6 hours ago, NongKhaiKid said:

Accountability, Responsibility etc are words all but unheard of here.

We do hear a lot of these machinations here but they are usually dead end comments. i.e. I will be on the next rocket ship to Mars. Its talk about this talk about that here but its all talk in the end. Add a uniform and a few medals and its almost believable. Any prospective politician will hesitate before putting any of his "skin" in this loaded game. Its like playing Russian roulette and all the chambers contain bullets. 

Edited October 13, 2016 by elgordo38

[Rorri]

5 hours ago, jamesbrock said:

 

They have indeed, but can't the next administration void that section of the constitution retrospectively? (I don't know, not a rhetorical question.)

They could, but remember, the military have the numbers, in alny "elected" government, also any government that trys to void the "constitution " will face yet anothEr coup, it is the military that really controls Thailand.

[Kiwiken]

Accountability, responsibility, culpability are not in the Thai vocabulary atm unless you are a deposed PM. Buy an extra 3 submarines. 

[tbthailand]

9 hours ago, Thailand said:

If it's accountability I hope they have deep pockets to pay the compensations when their day comes.

They have set the precedent with their treatment of previous government oficials.

and the economic damage of a coup d'etat is around 7% of GDP... 

 

Hope Prayuth is contributing to his retirement fund... 

[lvr181]

12 hours ago, NongKhaiKid said:

Accountability, Responsibility etc are words all but unheard of here.

 

As military men they should be aware of one of the rules of command which is,

You can delegate your authority but not your responsibility.

 

Doesn't seem to apply here and likely never will.

 

Aint that the truth!