Yingluck claim to go ahead, PM says
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PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha insists that his government will go ahead with a civil compensation claim against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to recover losses from her government's rice-pledging farm subsidy programme.
However, Yingluck has written open letters to Prayut and Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong asking for fairness in the Bt500-billion compensation case, which she insisted was unlawful because administrative laws do not cover members of Parliament and the Cabinet.
In her letters she also urged Prayut to review the civil compensation claim filed with the Administrative Court against her, to which the PM responded Tuesday by saying: “We can’t just skip laws.”
Yingluck is facing a civil compensation claim under the Act on Liability for Wrongful Act of Officials BE 2539.
Prayut has also said he would enforce his absolute power under Article 44 in this case, as it will only make matters more complicated.
“This is an administrative matter. If [Yingluck] wants, she can appeal to the Administrative Court.
“It is clearly written in the law that the PM and ministers are covered,” Prayut said, responding to Yingluck’s argument that administrative measures can only apply to the prime minister’s subordinates.
