NRSA to consider laws
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THINNAPAN Nakata, chairman of the National Steering Reform Assembly (NSRA), will call a meet-|ing with several ministries to help expedite the process of national reform.
He said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha had instructed the NSRA to expedite the amendment of five bills to pave the way for reform.
The bills in question are for the establishment of corruption courts, dealing with conflict of interest between individuals and the public, retrieving state assets from people convicted of graft, promoting and developing a fair agricultural system and one on setting up a committee to manage the water crisis.
In order to amend these bills, the Assembly would have to get related ministries to cooperate and work on certain aspects of the law.
Alongkorn Ponlaboot, first deputy chairman of the NRSA, said the assembly would meet from January 7-8 to discuss plans on bringing about concrete reform results.
The proposals to be discussed include the establishment of a sports ministry, a national university of sport and a national sports policy commission, plus a proposal to improve the work of the organisation that assigns radio frequencies.
The NRSA will also look for ways to regulate the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Services 2010 Act as well as introduce reforms in the police bureau.
Mechanisms driving national reform include five core agencies, which will meet every month, the whip committees, which meet every week, and the NSRA’s 11 panels.
He said the assembly would work directly with the Constitution Drafting Commission and recommend necessary laws to ensure the new charter makes reform possible.
