When coup-makers come into power, one of their first acts would dictate a law that gives them amnesty to prevent any future civilian government from bringing sedition charges on the generals.
Hence, General Prayut Chan-o-cha and his clique are protected by the amnesty law for the 2014 military coup.
Likewise, the mismanagement of a nation can lead to criminal charges against government leaders. Case in point, Yingluck Shinawatra and the Rice Pledging Scheme.
On 27 September 2017, the Supreme Court found the ex-PM guilty of \u201ccriminal negligence\u201d and gave her a five-year prison sentence in absentia. However, she was cleared of civil litigation.
\u201cNegligence\u201d in the COVID-19 and vaccine management would not be the right word. \u201cGross negligence\u201d is closer to the truth.
Hence, the Health Ministry is pushing an amnesty bill.
On the surface, the amnesty bill seems to protect healthcare workers in the frontline.
Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said, \u201cWe must protect the frontline healthcare workers who are making the sacrifices.\u201d
In this, he is correct.
But read further into the proposed bill, and we find Number 7:
\u201cTo protect persons or group of people designated to find or manage the vaccine.\u201d
That person is the Health Minister. The group of people is those in charge of the Health Ministry. But this isn\u2019t entirely fair, as neither the Health Minister nor the Health Ministry is actually in charge.
General Prayut has appointed himself the head and decision-maker of everything, including the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) nationwide. General Prayut outranks everyone and makes the final decision on everything, including vaccine management.
As the General has said in the past, mean-mugging and chest-thumping, \u201cI\u2019m responsible for everything.\u201d
If there\u2019s a future \u201cgross criminal negligence\u201d charge, it should be on General Prayut.
But like the 2014 coup, the amnesty bill would simply say: \u201cGeneral Prayut can do no wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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