PM asked right questions: now what’s the answer to corrupt politicians?  

Yes, checks and balances are what is needed. Remember what the Pheu Thai Party wanted last time? Now, family members cannot be senators. Pheu Thai wanted that rule to be scrapped (creating even less checks and balances), and slashed funding to the NACC by 50 per cent. It seems the politicians want total power and no accountability. In the current constitution there are more checks and balances (yes, they help the Army, but they also check the politicians more). Let’s see how it goes now. I hope the mechanisms are strong enough. But it really seems that nobody ever wants to give up power once they are in power. 
robblok
You can point out an example of how Pheu Thai wanted less checks and balances, but the junta have matched it by granting themselves amnesty for everything done in the past and whatever they plan on doing in the future.
Bottom line is that neither party – Army or politicians – is making any serious proposal to put in real checks and balances. The only time they do is when they appoint themselves as overseeing the other party, without anyone checking or balancing them.
Hopefully the new generations can come with some serious proposals, because the current dinosaurs will never limit their own income stream and power.
bob12345
“Should bad politicians be allowed back?” This one question would cause more conflict than any other with all the Thai politicians,  because most politicians are bad. If they banned them from ever being a politician again, as in most countries, the current parties would have few or no members. Why can’t they simply ban for life any politician found guilty of committing offences? This would remove all the garbage people that cause most of the problems. A lifetime ban for misdeeds should also apply to anyone wanting to be part of any political process (reds, yellows, etc). Then maybe they would start getting people that were half-decent and did the right thing for the country instead of themselves.
seajae
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