BANGKOK Quinten Rollins Jersey , Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The ruling Thai military reassured on Wednesday that a new government under premiership of top ruler Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha will effectually fight red tape and corruption in the government sectors.
Air force chief ACM Prajin Juntong, who is concurrently in charge of economic affairs on behalf of the National Council for Peace and Order, the official name of the military junta who seized power from a civilian government in the May 22 coup, said that the non-elected government under command of the strongman- turned-premier will combat the bureaucratic red tape and possible corruption among government personnel.
He told Thai and foreign businesspersons at a Bangkok seminar entitled "Reforming for Thailand's Sustainable Growth" that the new government will promptly take steps to rid all government agencies of red tape and graft as part of the much-heralded national reform bids.
"The government will fight corruption and red tape which may have occurred at any government unit or state firm where respective investment projects will be definitely implemented by schedule