PM taken to task for allegedly looking to promote certain police officers

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin was today (Nov.22) taken to task for allegedly looking to abuse his power only to promote certain police officers in nepotistic fashion.

Move Forward MPs today produced messages allegedly posted on social media citing the prime minister as talking with Pheu Thai MPs during yesterday’s partisan meeting about informal requests which they had earlier made for him to promote a number of police officers as superintendents to be based at police stations in their respective constituencies.

The Move Forward MPs commented that such an alleged act on the part of the Pheu Thai-backed prime minister was ultimately tantamount to a breach of the constitution and the politicians’ ethics.

“I am confident that there are more of you in this room to be disappointed than to be pleased with the newly-named superintendents whom you requested for promotion. There were too many requests. Anyway, several of you would be pleased,” Srettha was quoted as allegedly saying to the Pheu Thai MPs.

Move Forward MP Rangsiman Rome charged that the prime minister acted as if such illegal nepotism was so practically commonplace among the police in spite of the unpermitting constitution and political ethics.

“It would be no surprise at all to see how the police may have been spoiled. Was that the reason why the prime minister hated to use the word ‘reform’ when it came to the calls for police reform plans?

“It would be an enormous disappointment for low-ranking police officers who may not be politically connected,” Rangsiman said.

The outspoken opposition MP pressed the prime minister to divulge to the public as to how many police officers may have been promoted to the rank of superintendent by way of nepotism allegedly exercised by him or any Pheu Thai MPs and identify by name those unduly promoted police officers.

Move Forward MP Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn called on the prime minister to name names of those Pheu Thai MPs who had earlier requested for promotion of any police officers in their respective constituencies.

He said no MPs are legally empowered to interfere in the promotion or transfer of any government personnel including the police, either in direct or indirect manner, and that those government lawmakers have obviously violated the constitution by doing so as alleged.

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Top and Front Page: Move Forward MP Rangsiman Rome talking to the press today, Nov. 22, 2023. Photos: Thai Rath

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