"Banned party leader Banharn Silapa-archa yesterday urged the Democrats to rectify what he called the lopsided budget for the stimulus package. He argued that too many funds were placed under agencies supervised by the main coalition party and too little earmarked for coalition partners."I want to say frankly that I don't agree with the lopsided budgetary allocation and that I don't see how the stimulus package can become a success," he said.
Banharn reminded the Democrats that he had already advised them to be a generous coalition leader by ensuring a fair allocation of funds in order to ensure that the coalition alliance would stay intact. He said he offered his advice back in December when the Democrats sought and received his blessing for the Chart Thai Pattana Party to join the coalition.
He complained that although the tourism industry held the key to revitalising the sagging economy, the government allocated a mere Bt500 million for projects supervised by Chart Thai Pattana. He said the Democrats appeared unfair in earmarking just Bt2 billion for stimulus measures under the Agriculture Ministry and at the same time allocating massive funds for cash hand-outs to those earning less than Bt15,000 per month."
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/02/06...cs_30095125.php
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Banharn: Democrats hogging the money
Started by Harold, Feb 06 2009 09:40 AM
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Posted 06 February 2009 - 10:38 AM
Funny thing, I thought that old man Banharn has been banned from politics.
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Posted 06 February 2009 - 01:19 PM
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Funny thing, I thought that old man Banharn has been banned from politics.
Here's one of those "Only in Thailand' statements by the EC:
"Former Chart Thai party leader Banharn Silpa-archa's demand to Democrat party that the government's economic stimulus budget should be fairly be distributed may break the constitution because he is banned from politics, Election Commissioner Sodsri Satayathum said Friday.
After the Constitution Court dissolved the Chart Thai party on poll fraud in the general elections in 2006, Mr Banharn as party leader was banned from politics for five years. Mr Banharn then has no rights to interfere into any political activities, Mrs Sodsri said.
She, however, said that Mr Banharn will not be called in for any warnings because he is a senior politician so he must have thought about it carefully before speaking anything."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/13...reak-charter-ec
