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Thai anti-corruption body votes to impeach Yingluck Shinawatra Thai anti-corruption body votes to impeach Yingluck Shinawatra
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Thailand's anti-corruption commission has voted to impeach the former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra over a botched rice-pledging scheme, one day after she was forced out of office on abuse-of-power charges.Thailand's anti-corruption commission has voted to impeach the former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra over a botched rice-pledging scheme, one day after she was forced out of office on abuse-of-power charges.
The seven-member commission found that Yingluck had failed to suspend the flagship rice-subsidy programme, despite being aware that it was haemorrhaging money, with costs estimated at about 800 billion baht, or £14.5bn, over her tenure. The seven-member commission found that Yingluck had failed to suspend the flagship rice-subsidy programme despite being aware that it was haemorrhaging money, with costs estimated at about 800 billion baht (£14.5bn) over her tenure.
The anti-graft body's chief, Panthep Klanarongran, told reporters the commission had voted unanimously that there were enough grounds to indict her.The anti-graft body's chief, Panthep Klanarongran, told reporters the commission had voted unanimously that there were enough grounds to indict her.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission's four-month case investigated Yingluck, who chaired the National Rice Policy Committee, as well as another 15 officials allegedly involved in government-to-government rice contracts, and will now go to the Thai Senate, where a three-fifths vote will be required to impeach the former premier. If found guilty, the nation's first female leader could be banned from politics for the next five years. The national anti-corruption commission investigated Yingluck, who chaired the national rice policy committee, as well as another 15 officials allegedly involved in government-to-government rice contracts. The case will now go to the Thai Senate, where a three-fifths majority will be required to impeach the former premier. If found guilty, the nation's first female leader could be banned from politics for five years.
The rice-subsidy scheme was a popular policy in Thailand's rural north and helped Yingluck win the votes of millions of farmers when she came to power in 2011. But reports of corruption and mismanagement, along with thousands of tonnes of rice that failed to sell and sat rotting in silos, plunged the policy into problems, with reports circulating of bankrupted farmers killing themselves.The rice-subsidy scheme was a popular policy in Thailand's rural north and helped Yingluck win the votes of millions of farmers when she came to power in 2011. But reports of corruption and mismanagement, along with thousands of tonnes of rice that failed to sell and sat rotting in silos, plunged the policy into problems, with reports circulating of bankrupted farmers killing themselves.