Yingluck denies all charges
- Published: 10 Jan 2015 at 10.00 | Viewed: 183 | Comments: 0
- Online news: Easy News
- Writer: Terry Fredrickson
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Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has
denied all charges against her in connection with the rice-pledging
programme, asking the NLA why she was being impeached when she had
already lost her position.
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Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, with her lawyer to her left and former ministers to her right, rebuts the National Anti-Corruption Commission' s case against her at parliament yesterday. (Photos by Chanat Katanyu)Yingluck denies all charges
Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has denied all charges against her in connection with the rice-pledging programme.At parliament on Friday, Ms Yingluck gave testimony to the National Legislative Assembly (NLA), which will vote on whether to impeach her. The NLA acted after the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) found the case in which she had been accused of dereliction of duty involving the rice scheme had grounds
NACC member Vicha Mahakhun outlines the case against the former prime minister in parliament yesterday.She defended the rice programme as being a genuine and worthwhile attempt to help farmers. It was nothing new, she said. "It's been used for 33 years. Every country helps its farmers."
She said the losses cited by her accusers were inaccurate and that the programme had a "multiplier effect," raising income and generating taxable revenue.
Ms Yingluck also denied the charge she had allowed corruption and failed to stop it, saying those charges were made by her opponents for political reasons.
She also bitterly complained that the NACC's investigation was hasty and incomplete and it used information that was out of date.
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