http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/loca...f-police-panel
Govt warned 'hands off' police panel
'Keep commission free' of political interference
- Published: 13/01/2011 at 12:00 AM
- Newspaper section: News
Former deputy national police chief Achirawit Suphanphesat has warned the government not to interfere in the selection of members of the powerful Police Commission.
Achirawit: Let it do its job
Pol Gen Achirawit said all commissioners have the right to nominate candidates.
The general, who is among five former police commanders elected last week to sit on the Police Commission, said the selection of specialists must be free of political interference.
The government would deserve praise if it managed to stay clear of the selection process.
A list of all nominees and their qualifications will be screened during a commission meeting on Jan 20.
Opposition Puea Thai MP and red shirt protest leader Jatuporn Prompan has asked the public to keep a close watch on the selection of specialists in the Police Commission.
He claimed the government would nominate Department of Special Investigation chief Tharit Pengdit and National Institute of Development Administration (Nida) rector Sombat Thamrongthanyawong as candidates for specialist positions.
The Police Commission is made up of 22 members. Eleven of them are ex-officio members made up of a deputy prime minister, the national police chief, his seven deputies, the police inspector-general and the Civil Service Commission chief.
The other 11 members who are called specialists are made up of five former police commanders elected to the panel by commissioned police officers.
The six other specialists are nominated by the other members of the Police Commission from candidates in the field of law, political science, economics, public administration, criminology and justice management.
All members of the commission will serve only one term, lasting four years. The term of the present commission is due to expire on Jan 24.
Pol Gen Achirawit said the government must give the commission a free hand to select its specialists. If candidates for the posts were handpicked by those in power, the votes by all five commissioners under his category would be meaningless.
The DSI chief yesterday admitted he had been approached to be a specialist in the field of criminology.
However, he denied the government had approached him for the post, saying he had been contacted by a senior figure in the Royal Thai Police Office to take the post. He had no objection to the offer, he said.
Mr Sombat yesterday denied the government had approached him to be a specialist in the commission.
However, he admitted he was told by his police students that he would be nominated as a candidate for the position. The Nida rector, also chairman of the government's committee on constitutional reform, said he was willing to join the commission if nominated.
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Govt warned 'hands off' police panel
"Slavery is the daughter of darkness; an ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction; ambition and intrigue take advantage of the credulity and inexperience of men who have no political, economic or civil knowledge. They mistake pure illusion for reality, license for freedom, treason for patriotism, vengeance for justice."-Simón Bolívar
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So the Thai police Empire is run of the police, by the police, and for the police.
Accordingly the gov't which are the elected representatives of the people should have no say in police affairs.
Sounds like your basic tyranny.
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The government was elected by the people? Which election was that. There has been plenty of manipulation of the elected members to make the Thai Police look like Saints.
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Sounds just like the west. Only here we get to here about it 'freely'.
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ever heard anyone tell the mafia
how to run their operations.
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http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011...-30146854.html
PC appointments fail to go government's way
By The Nation
Published on January 21, 2011
Despite reported heavy lobbying by the government, two highprofile candidates were not chosen as special members of the Police Commission (PC) in yesterday's muchawaited selection.
Noting that Department of Special Investigation directorgeneral Tharit Pengdit and National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) Prof Sombat Thamrongthanyawong were snubbed, PC member Achirawit Suphanphesat said, "It has been proven that politics cannot interfere with the PC selection process."
Yesterday saw the appointments of six experts in various fields of science and five retired policemen to the 11strong PC through free and unanimous votes.
Both Tharit and Sombat are known for their close ties to the Democrat Party and its secretarygeneral Suthep Thaugsuban.
Achirawit said Deputy PM Suthep looked unperturbed by the results. "He gave a free vote and to me did not look disappointed at all. He looked as fresh as ever."
"The PC should not fear political interference because the selection process has been transparent and strong enough to resist outside factors," Achirawit said.
The six special members selected yesterday were Vishanu Kruangam, Assoc Prof Surachart Bamrungsuk, Suphawut Saichua, Wongsak Sawasdiphanich, Assoc Prof Sorraphol Sukthassanee and AttorneyGeneral Julasing Wasantasing.
The five other members, all retired police generals, were Achirawit, Witthichai Srirattanawutthi, Charnchit Phienlert, Bunrit Rattanaphorn and Supphawut Sangong. The official appointment of the 11 members will be completed within two weeks.
Suthep claimed he had not lost face, "as I never bet with anyone over the results."
He dismissed reporters' questions about whether the shortlist had red lines drawn under the names of Tharit and Sombat. "I don't know what colour the lines were. All I had were the name lists and histories of all the candidates."
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Remarkably frank observation from The Nation. Shame they can't bring themselves to mention that about Tharit when they report on his [cough, cough] "investigations". Originally Posted by StrontiumDog
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