the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA), as proponents
brushed aside worries it grants too much power to a new
committee overseeing the the 20-year strategy.
During the NRSA meeting Tuesday in which
members voted
164 to 6 to approve the bill, Pol Maj Yongyut Sarasombat,
who led
a NRSA committee to prepare it, insisted the strategy
committee will only serve
as an "X-ray scanner" looking
for politicians and authorities who do
not comply with
the strategy.
The committee "has no direct
power" to punish anybody as
it can only ask state agencies to act against
people who commit
wrongdoing, he said.
If politicians go against the strategy and
cause subsequent
damage, the committee will forward their cases to the Senate,
Pol Maj Yongyut said.
Dishonest authorities will be probed by the
National
Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) while state officials
will face
disciplinary action, he added.
According to the bill, the national strategy
committee is made
up of 25 people, including the prime minister, the NRSA
chairman, and the National Legislative Assembly (NLA)
chairman.
The bill concerns mainly "the
mechanics, not the essence,"
of the strategy, he said.
It
will be the responsibility of the panel to draft the first
strategy, which will
last 20 years. The strategy is needed as
it will deal with unfinished reform
plans, suggested by the
NRSA and others as proposals that will benefit the
nation,
Pol Maj Yongyut said.
However, some NRSA members questioned whether
the
strategy is really needed and whether the 25-member panel
will be another version
of the so-called "crisis panel",
formally known as the National
Committee on Reform and
Reconciliation Strategy.
The crisis panel, which was earlier proposed
by a previous
constitution drafting committee led by law expert,
Borwornsak
Uwanno, was to comprise military and police
top brass and would be empowered to
seize executive and
legislative power in time of political crisis.
The proposal drew huge opposition as it was viewed as
The proposal drew huge opposition as it was viewed as
going
against democracy and the draft charter of the
Borwornsak committee was last
year voted down by the
National Reform Council, which was later replaced by
the NRSA.
NRSA member Kasit Piromya said he was worried the
strategy committee may not be different from the crisis panel
because it seems to have more power than that of an
elected government.
However, another bill proponent and NRSA member Kamnoon
Sidhisamarn argued the
committee will act as a state agency
and it has no legislative, executive and
judicial powers.
More importantly, he said, it is not a crisis panel as it does
not
consist of military and police top brass and it cannot overrule
the
government or parliament during a crisis.
The panel headed by Pol Maj Yongyut wants
the bill to be
enacted this year and the Meechai Ruchupan-led Constitutional
Drafting Committee to state the strategy in the draft charter.
Prime
Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha wants the draft charter to
stipulate that the government must follow the strategy
and
the national economic and social development plan, Deputy
Prime Minister
Wissanu Krea-ngam said Tuesday.
In another development, Interior Minister Gen Anupong
In another development, Interior Minister Gen Anupong
Paojinda warned members
of the Association of Village and
Tambon Chiefs of Thailand against a planned
gathering
today at the parliament.
The association is upset because the draft does not mention
The association is upset because the draft does not mention
central and regional administrations in the chapter on local
administration.
Gen Anupong said the gathering is not appropriate in the
current climate. He
said they should make their concerns heard
through other channels.
News,Politics,Bangkok Post ,17 February
2016.
In my viewpoint,as the controversial “National
Strategy Bill”
duty is only ask state agencies to act
against people who
commit wrongdoing so it is good to set it.
As the Strategy committee will forward the case of politicains
who against the strategy and cause
subsequent damage to
the Senators so the process of appointment
senators must
do carefully to make sure that the country
get good senators
to behave on their duty.
Sincerely Yours.
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