The award, the ‘Honoring the Model White Space Network’ for 2023, is part of an ongoing project by the Office of the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC).
Deputy Prime Minister Somsak Thepsuthin presented the award at an event in Bangkok yesterday (Mar 28). Also present to present the award was Ekachai Kasemsukthawat, Deputy Secretary-General of the PACC.
Chaiphong Chermsawat, President of the Phuket Youth Anti-Corruption Club, received the award on the club’s behalf. Mr Chaiphong also serves as President of the Phuket Provincial Children and Youth Council.
The award was the result of more than five years of work with the Phuket PACC Office and network partners, Mr Chaiphong noted.
“Section 63 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, B.E. 2017 states that The state must promote, support and educate the public about the dangers caused by corruption and misconduct in both the public and private sectors and provide effective measures and mechanisms to strictly prevent and eliminate such corruption and misconduct,” Deputy PM Somsak said.
“The mechanisms include encouraging people to come together, to participate in awareness campaigns to resist or point out clues [to corruption]. They are protected by the state as provided by law,” he added.
“By working together with the people to prevent and eliminate corruption, we encourage people to participate in ideas to jointly solve the corruption problem in a concrete way. It is necessary to rely on support mechanisms from all sectors, especially by creating a network of target groups in the central, regional, provincial, district, sub-district, and local areas and create the ‘space’ to drive joint operations,” Deputy PM Somsak said.