Following Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s declaration of a “war on corruption,” Chonburi’s leaders made a “no cheating” pledge of their own.
Gov. Khomsan Ekachai led provincial administrators, police, soldiers, educators, bankers and business owners in the anti-graft vow June 8, a week after the general’s high-profile speech that came in response to the latest findings from international watchdog Transparency International.
In its annual rankings of national corruption levels, the think thank gave Thailand a score of 38 out of 100, with 100 being best. That placed it 85th out of the 175 countries in the world, 12th of 28 in Asia and third of nine in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region.
Chonburi’s leaders tend to their smartphones whilst making a “no cheating” pledge for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s declaration of a “war on corruption”.
Prayut noted the score was better than last year, but Thailand still has much work to do.
Khomsan said the local pledge was to express local officials and residents’ intent to defeat corruption and raise conscious of the need for no cheating. Defeating graft, he said will help the country reach its reform targets and upgrade Thailand to move forward on the world stage.
In his video presentation to local administrators, Prayut said his push against corruption had come on three fronts: politics, “special circumstances”, and in international dealings.
Following his talk, subordinates took questions from local officials and outlined the government’s anti-corruption measures in detail.
