What is one possible solution to the problem of corruption?
For the efficiency of coping with the problem of corruption, the law restricting corrupt matters should be intensified. Excluding many cases of corruption which were brought up to the court and were judged free from guilt because of the inadequacy of evidence, there was a scandalous case in which the secretary of Prachatipat party, Mr. Sanan Kachornprasart, was convicted of falsifying his asset statement which describes his non-existent 45million baht debt. In this case, he was merely sentenced to be uninvolved in political matters for five years. As his corruption is obviously shown, he should not be allowed to engage in politics again. Although this may sounds uncharitable, it is rather important to show Thais that corruption is not that ordinary or easily forgivable. Moreover, the accomplices who were involved with this falsification were not prosecuted because two officers of the NCCC (The Office of The National Counter Corruption Commission) who were responsible for this case decided not to do so. It should not be an individual who holds the judgment whether or not to sue people who took part in a crime, but it should be written in the law that everyone who connives with the corruption must be punished. In this way, if the corrupt politician and his accomplices were punished and eliminated from politics, this would make others to think twice before being corrupt or involved, and due to the less seen of the example, the intention of the next generation of politicians would be more clean and incorruptible. Therefore, the punishment for corruption should be more severe, and include those who are involved to show that corruption is a serious violation.
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Thank you for posting this Zar. As I note on my blog, I agree with your idea as well; more than one solution is needed to deal with corruption.
I've added a link from minie to this specific post on your blog.
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