Poll favours using Section 44 to suppress corruption

[rooster59]

Poll favours using Section 44 to suppress corruption

 

Dusit Poll says Section 44 of the interim constitution remains a favourite tool to suppress corruption.

 

The survey was conducted to sound out opinions from 1,180 samples across the nation during February 20-24 on the enforcement of Section 44 of the interim constitution to resolve national problems.

 

The poll showed that 86.61%of the samples supported the use of Section 44 to resolve corruption problem rather than the crackdown of influential people or “mafias” which received 80.68% support.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/poll-favours-using-section-44-suppress-corruption/

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-02-25

 

[smutcakes]

When they planning to start the crackdown?

[KhunBENQ]

The naive believe in the strong man who orders all plagues away with a signature.

What does this remember me of?

[Brer Fox]

1 hour ago, smutcakes said:

When they planning to start the crackdown?

Sorry, that date cannot be revealed for security reasons (or until after the last bagman makes his final distribution round). People should be happy he has at least told them that the corruption crackdown is planned to finish in 2036 when it will be totally eliminated. Only 19 years plus left to go.

[rkidlad]

1 hour ago, KhunBENQ said:

The naive believe in the strong man who orders all plagues away with a signature.

What does this remember me of?

Putin does the same thing. Has meetings with members of the press and the public and picks people selectively. They complain about potholes In their villages etc, and then a week later it's reported to be fixed. 

 

Never understood why people buy into this when they have their own eyes to see everything else not being fixed. 

[djjamie]

Change the laws that got Jonathan Head from the BCC arrested and that will be a fine way to suppress corruption. 

 

The good honourable Prayuth needs to reverse the laws that Thai "democracy" brought in. 

[smutcakes]

3 minutes ago, djjamie said:

Change the laws that got Jonathan Head from the BCC arrested and that will be a fine way to suppress corruption. 

 

The good honourable Prayuth needs to reverse the laws that Thai "democracy" brought in. 

 

The Thai defamation law was enacted in 1957 under the stewardship of Field Marshall Plaek Phibunsongkram, and has remained largely unchanged other than a slight amendment in 1992 under a coup installed Anand Panyarchun Government. Perhaps if democracy was permitted to evolve these types of laws would eventually be amended. However per the above it appears unlikely the military would repeal them, the Navy for one in recent memory used the law in a case in Phuket.

[PatOngo]

Selective suppression no doubt!

[elgordo38]

Another question for the Dusit poll to ask. "And how is this working for us?"

[NCC1701A]

which is easier, start at the bottom and fight your way up the huge pyramid of corruption that is Thailand or start at the top and invoke change from there?

 

it is a rhetorical question. 

 

 

[debate101]

20 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

which is easier, start at the bottom and fight your way up the huge pyramid of corruption that is Thailand or start at the top and invoke change from there?

 

it is a rhetorical question. 

 

 

Except the "government" has absolutely no interest in "suppressing corruption," just in knee-capping any and all political opposition. This should be obvious by now.

 

Anyway, most corruption occurs because the big people have too much power, not because they have too little power. Making the hierarchy more top-heavy is not going to help. People who suffer most from corruption (i.e. the public, whose tax money is being skimmed and who have to put up with inferior public services) need the power to fight it through freedom of speech, freedom of the press, local and national elections, scaling down or repealing of the defamation laws, etc. This should also be obvious.

 

If you've been paying attention, you'll have noticed that the people who are actually on the ground fighting back against corrupt practices usually end up defending themselves in court and have to risk their own safety to do so or even sometimes flee the country altogether. This is the real problem.

[Reigntax]

10 hours ago, djjamie said:

Change the laws that got Jonathan Head from the BCC arrested and that will be a fine way to suppress corruption. 

 

The good honourable Prayuth needs to reverse the laws that Thai "democracy" brought in. 

 

Thai democracy didnt bring in the laws to suppress reporting the truth. Previous military juntas and their appointed patsies, associates, business partners and cohorts are responsible and have continued to abuse such laws after they discovered how sucessfully it enables them to hide and protect their corrupt income streams.

 

But hey, dont let the truth get in the way of a good story. After all this is Thailand and its always someone elses fault. 

 

The " good honourable Prayuth" is far from being good and further from being honourable. You should tell your dad the truth sometimes

[JAG]

Change the laws that got Jonathan Head from the BCC arrested and that will be a fine way to suppress corruption. 

 

The good honourable Prayuth needs to reverse the laws that Thai "democracy" brought in. 

Parents away for the weekend and left you with the laptop then?

[metisdead]

A troll post has been removed.  Posts using derogatory nicknames or intentional misspelling of people’s names  will be removed.  If you don’t want your post to be removed, spell people’s names correctly.

[jesimps]

18 hours ago, djjamie said:

Change the laws that got Jonathan Head from the BCC arrested and that will be a fine way to suppress corruption. 

 

The good honourable Prayuth needs to reverse the laws that Thai "democracy" brought in. 

How come I feel like I want to bring up my breakfast every time I read one of your posts?

[dageurreotype]

17 hours ago, debate101 said:

Except the "government" has absolutely no interest in "suppressing corruption," just in knee-capping any and all political opposition. This should be obvious by now.

 

Anyway, most corruption occurs because the big people have too much power, not because they have too little power. Making the hierarchy more top-heavy is not going to help. People who suffer most from corruption (i.e. the public, whose tax money is being skimmed and who have to put up with inferior public services) need the power to fight it through freedom of speech, freedom of the press, local and national elections, scaling down or repealing of the defamation laws, etc. This should also be obvious.

 

If you've been paying attention, you'll have noticed that the people who are actually on the ground fighting back against corrupt practices usually end up defending themselves in court and have to risk their own safety to do so or even sometimes flee the country altogether. This is the real problem.

Well to be fair, the poster did say his question was rhetorical.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Would Section 44 allow this government to suppress itself???