Former National Security Council secretary-general Thawil Pliansri can file a petition with the NACC without having to wait for a final verdict from the Supreme Administrative Court, National Anti-Corruption Commissioner Klanarong Chantik said yesterday.
The Central Administrative Court on Friday revoked PM Yingluck Shinawatra's order, issued in September 2011, to second Thawil as an adviser to the Prime Minister's Office, and ordered the prime minister to reinstate him retroactively from the day he was transferred.
Klanarong said the NACC would accept petitions based on three reasons: corruption, malfeasance, unusual wealth. He added the agency had earlier received complaints from officials who said they were subjected to harassment by their superiors and the Administrative Court ordered their jurisdiction to reinstate them - but they were not reinstated. He said the NACC would decide if Thawil's case was within the scope of the agency's authority.
"Although it looks like administrative affairs and corruption are not directly related, the NACC can exercise its judgement if it can make the decision," he said.
He said Thawil could file a petition with the NACC right away and not have to wait for the case to reach a final stage.
Democrat Party spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut suggested the government reinstate Thawil and not appeal the court decision.
He said Thawil was transferred because he had in-depth information about the so-called men in black, armed assailants in the 2010 riots including the red-shirt movement. Thawil's transfer was intended to pave the way for Pol Gen Priewpan Damapong to rise to the post of National Police Chief.
"I would like to plead with the PM to do the right thing once in her life by not filing an appeal to uphold integrity and Thawil, who is a good bureaucrat, can be reinstated,'' he said.
Pheu Thai Spokesman Prompong Nopparit said although Thawil could file a petition with the NACC without having to wait for the court's final verdict, the Central Administrative Court verdict did not mention that Thawil's transfer was political harassment. So, the government would file an appeal with the Supreme Administrative Court, asking it to decide if the lower court's verdict interfered in the government's administration.
He said that issues involved in transfers of state officials include not only legal aspects but also suitability, adding that Pol Lt Paradorn Pattanathabutr, the NSC chief, had carried out his duties with strong commitment. The government doubted whether Thawil could replace Paradorn in regard to curbing violence in the restive South.
He said the Opposition Democrats should not politicise Thawil's transfer because during the Democrat-led government, Abhisit Vejjajiva also transferred Pol Lt Surapol Puan-ayyaka out of his post as NSC chief.
Prompong said the government needed a person it trusts to be in charge of intelligence.
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