NACC chief defends agency's conduct in Yingluck case
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National Anti-Corruption Commission president Panthep Klanarongran has defended the NACC's conduct in the proposed impeachment case involving former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
In response to the former premier’s lawyers claiming the NACC had rushed to submit the case, Panthep said the commission had handled the case in accordance with standard procedures and had drawn conclusions a long time ago.
However, he said the case could not be submitted to the Senate because the junta dissolved the upper House.
The anti-graft body was also questioned by Yingluck’s lawyers as to why it had submitted the case to the National Legislative Assembly when the Office of the Attorney-General had said its report was incomplete.
Panthep said the case submitted to the NLA was an impeachment matter – distinct and unrelated to the criminal case submitted to the Office.
He was asked why the case submitted to the NLA did not refer to the alleged violation of Article 178 of the 2007 Constitution, which contradicted its earlier consensus, but only referred to the alleged violation of Article 11 of the charter.
He said the alleged violation of both Article 178 and Article 11 had been clearly stated in the case, which would be submitted to the NLA this week.
