Korn: Govt wants to avoid scrutiny
- Published: 27/01/2012 at 01:15 PM
- Online news:
The government has issued four financial executive decrees instead of enacting new legislation to avoid parliamentary screening, former finance minister Korn Chatikavanij said in a message posted on Facebook.
Korn Chatikavanij
"The constitution stipulates that an executive decree can be issued only when it is urgent, but what's the urgency of borrowing 350 billion baht?
"Even academics in government committees told us that the government is not clear enough about the details, and the current budget is also available," said the Democrat deputy leader.
There was no reason to rush the transfer of 1.14 trillion baht in debt from the 1997 crisis to the Bank of Thailand. The government should let the parliament examine it first, he said.
"Last night [Thursday], when there was a debate on selling some of the government's shares in PTT, Channel 11 just stopped the live broadcast of the parliamentary meeting.
"You [the government] have the majority vote so it's better to be generous," Mr Korn said.
The four financial executive decrees related to debt transfer and flood management programmes became effective yesterday with their publication in the Royal Gazette.
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