Yingluck writes to Prayut to seek fairness
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FORMER PRIME minister Yingluck Shinawatra Friday wrote to the prime minister and the finance minister, protesting against a government decision to seek several billions of baht in damages from her in connection with her government’s rice-pledging scheme.
Yingluck said in her eight-page letter dated Friday that the government order to have her cover the damages was unconstitutional and unlawful. She ended her letter with, “please consider to ensure fairness”.
However, she said in her Facebook message yesterday that she did not think her protest would lead to any concrete action by the government.
“I know you won’t pay attention again. If you had, this would not have happened,” she said, adding that she had sent six letters to both of them about this issue.
Yingluck said the criminal case against her in connection with the project had yet to be completed, and therefore she deserved legal protection from further legal action at this time.
She is being tried by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders in a case she is accused of negligence. The court is expected to make its verdict late this year.
Also, she argued that it was not right for the Finance Ministry to seek damages from her as the agency was not the damaged party in this case.
Yingluck said a fair and legally acceptable estimate of the rice-pledging project was not yet unavailable, and that it was unfair to her that the damages were sought from her alone.
