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Pongsapat linked to building mess

DEMOCRATS BLAME BANGKOK GOVERNOR RIVAL FOR UNBUILT POLICE STATIONS

Published: 10 Feb 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

The Democrat Party has accused former deputy national police chief Pongsapat Pongcharoen of involvement in the police station contract fiasco.

At the same time, Democrat spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut blamed the Pheu Thai government for allowing a situation to develop in which hundreds of police stations remain unbuilt.

With three weeks to go before the election for Bangkok governor, Mr Chavanond said Pheu Thai candidate Pol Gen Pongsapat endorsed the terms of reference for the construction of the stations in 2009.

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joninnak
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Discussion 10 : 10 Feb 2013 at 10.4010
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A recent Dem Bangkok governor (sorry I forgot his name) lost is job because he only signed a contract and nothing else. This was to do with the fire trucks scandal.
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Discussion 9 : 10 Feb 2013 at 10.189
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I expect that individuals are so busy arranging their own cut they don't bother to read the remainder of the contract. All parties are the same.
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Discussion 8 : 10 Feb 2013 at 09.168
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hangover - "That is all the democrats can do -- always blame others and praise themselves."

Thought you were describing PTP at first, then I noticed you said Democrats. Can you give some examples of PTP objectively criticizing their own actions, policies or key figures? Thought not.
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Discussion 7 : 10 Feb 2013 at 09.077
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Thailand is in dire need of sending all those involved in awarding contracts to a course in Contract Management 101. Unfortunately even knowing the basic rules it seems there are no competent persons available to manage the awarded contracts.
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Discussion 6 : 10 Feb 2013 at 08.576
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Not a surprise....do we really think police officers in Thailand are all good honest incorruptible model citizens?
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Discussion 5 : 10 Feb 2013 at 08.515
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Reds good, Dems no good ... blah, blah, blah.
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Discussion 4 : 10 Feb 2013 at 07.544
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Oops. "He said Pol Gen Pongsapat endorsed the terms of reference for the construction in 2009 when the Democrats were in government."
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Discussion 3 : 10 Feb 2013 at 07.223
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"With three weeks to go before the election for Bangkok governor, Mr Chavanond said Pheu Thai candidate Pol Gen Pongsapat endorsed the terms of reference for the construction of the stations in 2009." - Is it an attempt to link the case to the Governor election? Certainly, my opinion is that Pol Gen Pongsapat would be happy to assist the investigation. However, to assist the investigation at this stage of the governor election campaign, he must be given an assurance that whatever he said is not meant to discredit or smear anyone.
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Discussion 2 : 10 Feb 2013 at 05.262
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That is all the democrats can do -- always blame others and praise themselves. It's all too familiar action by this oldest political party to do since the movie house incident in 1946.
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Discussion 1 : 10 Feb 2013 at 03.361
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As mentioned in the recently, the DEM made just another unwise move. The move of the DEM can be easily interpreted into "we the DEM are bad, but you are not good either". The move makes the DEM look very desperate and self-defeating.
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