BANGKOK, 12 Mar 2014 President of the National Anti Corruption Commission (NACC) Panthep Klanarongran says Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is entitled to a one-time 15-day postponement of the deadline for her response to rice pledging charges.
According to Panthep, Ms. Yingluck’s lawyer has received the details of the accusation from the agency, adding that she is initially scheduled to appear before the NACC to testify on Friday.
However, NACC is willing to give a leeway on the deadline, reiterating however that the premire can only postpone the date once for no longer than 15 days from March 14th.
Ms. Yingluck can request that additional pieces of evidence be considered by the NACC, but the agency will have to determine the necessity of the evidence on a case-by-case basis. The agency will vote on the case after the Prime Minister has testified and related evidence obtained.
