CDC plans to slam lifetime ban on immoral politicians
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THE Constitution Drafting Commission is planning to issue a lifetime ban on politicians and state officials found to have violated the principles of morality and ethics, CDC chairman Meechai Ruchupan said Monday.
The CDC had earlier decided to include provisions in the charter that slam a lifetime ban on politicians found to be corrupt, in a bid to curb graft. Now the move to lay out rules on morals and ethics is seen as an attempt to set a higher bar for officials to meet.
Meechai said the CDC is thinking about drafting rules on ethics and morals to govern all state sectors, including the political sector.
“Everybody, especially those in the field of politics, must conform to moral and ethical standards, otherwise they will be dismissed and banned for life from politics,” Meechai said.
He was responding to a proposal from Phra Buddha Issara, former core leader of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee, who yesterday called for the establishment of a “Moral and Ethical Assembly” to monitor the behaviour of political office holders.
