In this regard, the Prime Minister stated that the event demonstrates and emphasizes on the government’s intention and commitment to combat against corruption. Moreover, it helped raise awareness and participation among every sector which; in return, becomes force to achieve the anti-corruption goal. It also boosted nice image of Thailand so that the country is internationally accepted; therefore, national competency is empowered. High competency results in high production capability which attracts foreign investment and eventually enhances sustainable economic growth.

The Prime Minister stated that the government had declared a serious anti-corruption effort under the “1 Department, 1 Anti-Corruption” project or Clean Initiative which requires each ministry, department, and division to propose an anti-corruption project to the government. There were 220 projects being proposed. In this regard, 199 projects from 128 departments and 71 provinces were approved by the committee and eminent persons. There have been 21 projects from 5 provinces left which need to be improved. The approval is scheduled to be completed by the end of this month for transparency. Moreover, people are encouraged to participate in a scrutiny process. People power is the force which develops and changes the country.

The Prime Minister further stated that the government had widened channels for people to complain against corruption so that the channels can be reached by people residing in every area. Those channels serve as active monitoring mechanisms by which people are encouraged to participate in scrutinizing the governmental agencies’ work so that transparency, legitimacy, and reliability are promoted. Any people witness corruption in governmental agencies can complain through following channels such as 1) Anti-Corruption War Room hot line 1206 2) Corruption Complaint Boxes placed at several locations such as the Government House, city halls, bus stations, airports, Central World department store, Krungthai banks, and AIS service centers 3) www.stopcorruption.go.th and Facebook, Twitter, Line, as well as Mobile Application. Those aforementioned three channels created by the government would serve as significant mechanisms to prevent and combat against corruption in an integrated and sustainable manner.

In addition, the establishment of Anti-Corruption War Room in every ministry which was approved by the cabinet on July 24 serves as a mechanism to; first, provide governmental agency’s action plan which is compatible with national strategy on anti-corruption effort; second, collaborate, accelerate, and direct governmental agencies to implement the action plan; third, receive complaints about corruption and omission of duty done by officials in governmental agencies; fourth, work on ethical protection according to Civil Servant’s Code of Ethics; fifth, follow up, evaluate, and provide a report on prevention and anti-corruption effort as well as ethical protection which will be presented to heads of governmental agencies.