Moves to block CAPO funds
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A SENATE committee has asked the Election Commission (EC) to suspend approval for the Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO)'s use of central funds, on constitutional grounds.
Appointed Senator Air Chief Marshal Veeravit Kongsak, chairman of the Committee on Corruption and Promotion of Good Governance, said he has endorsed an urgent request to EC chairman Supachai Somcharoen to consider suspending the use of Bt2.3 billion in funds by the CAPO.
He said the request was based on a sub-panel’s scrutiny of the police and the Budget Bureau concerning the use of funds by the CAPO. The caretaker Cabinet had earlier sought EC approval of funding for CAPO’s activities.
The panel found the CAPO had used the central fund before the government received EC approval, which is a breach of Article 181 (2) of the Constitution.
