Bureaucracy should play key role in fight against graft, PM says
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THE BUREAUCRACY should play the most important role in the fight against corruption, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Wednesday.
He said the bureaucracy “should be the first place to start”. Good governance should be implemented in the public sector to create a better atmosphere to fend off corruption.
“Good governance is important in rooting out corruption. It should be the fundamental value everybody holds on to. Everything has to be transparent and accountable,” the prime minister said.
“Public interest must be put before personal interest. So the system can be strengthened and the country can move forward,” he said.
Prayut was addressing a conference on “Evidence-Based Anti-Corruption Policies”, held by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) at the Sukosol Hotel in Bangkok yesterday.
He said rooting out corruption was a national priority, adding that good governance should be set up to tackle irregularities in the bureaucracy.
Corruption is deep-rooted in Thailand, he noted. His regime had been working hard to fight against graft, which is a major aspect of its national reforms.
