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In booting out Ministry of Finance permanent secretary Areepong Bhoocha-oom, PM Yingluck and/or the man in Dubai are killing the lad in the Hans Christian Andersen story who shouted, "The emperor is naked!" Areepong had appointed deputy permanent secretar
Supa’s revelations have given the country fair warning of how wastefully taxpayers’ money is being spent. The problem is that it’s your money and mine that Yingluck is being so generous with – and by giving Areepong the boot, she’s shouting from the rooftops that she doesn’t want you to know how it’s being spent if the news is bad.
Such behaviour is directly counter to what Henry Clay believed in: “Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and trustees are created for the benefit of the public.”
PM Yingluck, trust must be earned. By firing Areepong, you are shooting yourself in the foot. Reappoint Areepong immediately.
Burin Kantabutra
Bangkok
