Hej
Läste att landets försvars minister Sukumpol Suwanatat förslår att landets stora antal Generaler som nu är 1600 st ska minskas för att spara pengar, det låter ju vettigt om man betänker att antalet Generaler i västerländska länder normalt är ca 10 - 20 st.
Men man får nog säga att det är vågat av både honom och regeringen att driva en sån linje med tanke på dom ständigt återkommande militärkupperna och militärens stora inflytande i Thailand, så all heder åt denne man och hoppas att detta blir verklighet.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/318247/sukumpol-targets-cutback-in-generals-to-rein-in-costs
Sukumpol targets cutback in generals to rein in costs
- Published: 26/10/2012 at 12:00 AM
- Newspaper section: News
Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat has stressed the need to streamline the armed forces, with a plan to slash the number of generals which has reached a staggering 1,600.
ACM Sukumpol yesterday chaired a Defence Ministry meeting attended by the armed forces top brass. The meeting was relayed via videoconference to all army regions across the country.
Defence Ministry spokesman Thanathip Sawangsaeng said after the meeting that the minister had layed down strategies and an action plan and provided the direction the ministry and armed forces will take next year.
ACM Sukumpol told the meeting there are seven areas where the armed forces needed to make improvements.
The top priority will be to revamp the structure of the armed forces so they will become compact and flexible to deal with new threats and to prepare for the upcoming launch of the Asean Economic Community in 2015.
A Defence Ministry source said that at present there are more than 1,600 generals in the armed forces _ one of the highest numbers in the world, although Cambodia has more than 2,000. Armed forces in Western countries have only 10-20 generals.
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