Thai Examiner
Opposition leader calls for political leaders to answer for exam cheating scandal and a new constitution
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One of Thailand’s biggest corruption scandals in decades threatens a political firestorm as opposition leader Nattapong demands Prime Minister Anutin investigate politicians over a jobs-for-cash racket, warning the alleged exam fraud reaches the high
Key facts
- One of Thailand’s biggest corruption scandals in decades threatens a political firestorm as opposition leader Nattapong demands Prime Minister Anutin investigate politicians over a jobs-for-cash racket, warning the alleged exam fraud
- Opposition leader links widening jobs-for-cash scandal to claims of growing political control over the state
- Nattapong links Phuket official transfers and examination fraud to wider concerns over central government
- Opposition leader urges Prime Minister to investigate politicians and not only officials over examination fraud
- Honest examination candidates caught in appointments freeze
- Opposition broadens campaign by linking corruption allegations to calls for sweeping constitutional reform
Summary
One of Thailand’s biggest corruption scandals in decades has erupted into a far wider political crisis after opposition leader Nattapong Ruangpanyawut, or ‘Teng’, accused a “blue regime” of monopolising state power and urged Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to investigate politicians as well as officials over an alleged jobs-for-cash examination racket.
Opposition leader Nattapong Ruangpanyawut has accused what he called a “blue regime” of tightening its grip on state power as Thailand’s widening civil service jobs-for-cash scandal deepens.