The pledge,a traditional affair, was made at an event at Phuket Provincial Hall held to mark International Anti-Corruption Day.
Of note, UN International Anti-Corruption Day will be observed around the world tomorrow (Dec 9), as it has done since the passage of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption on Oct 31, 2003.
The event at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday was held under the concept ‘Zero Tolerance. Thai people do not tolerate corruption’.
In total 20 Phuket local government organisations were represented at the meeting, noted an official report.
Also present for the occasion were representatives from the private sector, the report said.
Certificates were awarded to all organisations that had their work assessed in terms of ‘ethics and transparency’ in the Thai government’s ‘Integrity & Transparency Assessment (ITA)’ initiative for 2023.
The organisation that received the most points was Pa Khlok Municipality, with score of 97.85, said the report
The results of the other 19 organisations were not reported.
After the certificates were handed out, Governor Sophon then led the assembly in taking the pledge to not engage in corruption, or support corrupt practices in any way.
The officials pledged “to perform official duties with honesty and request that all sectors join together to fight against all forms of corruption, as December 9 every year is International Anti-Corruption Day”, the report concluded.