Yingluck calls on NLA to be fair as she delivers her statement
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In her closing statement to the National Legislative Assembly, former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra categorically denied all charges against her over the rice-pledging scheme, saying she was being wrongly singled out by the National Anti-Corruption (
She called on the NLA to be fair when voting Friday on whether she should be impeached, as it might result in her being banned from politics for five years.
“I want to deny all charges levelled against me,” Yingluck said, insisting that she was innocent. “Trying to prosecute me alone illuminates the fact that there’s a hidden agenda.
“I have never thought of cheating, nor have I been negligent in my duties or behaved in any way that would point to possible corruption,” the former premier said, as she wrapped up her hourlong statement Thursday.
