CDC considers having central agency graft busters probe local cases

THURSDAY, MARCH 02, 2017
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The Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) mulled on Thursday having the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) deploy investigators from the central agency to probe local cases to boost efficiency and proactiveness.

The development came after the CDC held a meeting to consider the organic law on the NACC. The president of the agency, Pol General Watcharapol Prasanratchakit, joined the discussion.
Meechai Ruchupan told reporters before the meeting that the CDC would try to improve the NACC’s draft, focusing on improving its efficiency.
He said that in order to boost speed in probing cases, the CDC might consider cutting some procedures. For example, instead of having a subcommittee to initially investigate the case, investigators could do the job so the process went faster.
Meechai said investigations conducted at a local level could be handled by central agency officials because cases handled by local investigators may not go any where.
He said the NACC only worked when corrupt cases emerged and the local officials did not have to investigate all the time. 
Like other independent agencies, Meechai said if any current NACC commissioner failed to meet qualifications for the position under the constitution, they should be disqualified and leave office.
However, the CDC chairman said the final decision on that matter would be made by the National Legislative Assembly.