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<strong>Reform</strong>ing Local <strong>Government</strong> for the Achievement <strong>of</strong> Fairness in Thai Society<br />
village <strong>and</strong> community levels.<br />
4.2 Strong local organization councils established under the Local<br />
Organization Council Act B.E. 2550 (2007) at village level<br />
up to provincial level within a local administrative organization’s<br />
territory play a collective role in formulation <strong>of</strong> development<br />
<strong>and</strong> operational approaches <strong>of</strong> local administrative<br />
organization. In some areas, local administrators <strong>and</strong> local<br />
council members are selected without any competition so as<br />
to prevent political conflicts in sub-districts <strong>and</strong> villages.<br />
4.3 The Department <strong>of</strong> Local Administration, Ministry <strong>of</strong><br />
Interior, has expedited revitalization <strong>and</strong> development <strong>of</strong><br />
village committees pursuant to the Local Administrative<br />
Schemes Act (Issue 11) B.E. 2511 (1968), the Ministry <strong>of</strong><br />
Interior’s regulations, <strong>and</strong> the cabinet’s resolutions,<br />
particularly pertaining to its roles as a principal organization<br />
instrumental in consolidation <strong>of</strong> village plan/community<br />
plan. The components <strong>of</strong> a newly established village<br />
committee include village head, deputy village head, local<br />
council member who is a village resident, group leaders or<br />
representatives <strong>of</strong> activity groups in the village (e.g. SML,<br />
OTOP, village fund, public health volunteers, community<br />
shops, organizations set up under the community organization<br />
council law, farmer housewife group, saving for<br />
production group <strong>and</strong> women development volunteer group,<br />
etc.) If community committees are developed successfully,<br />
villages will become a strong “village institution” <strong>and</strong> will<br />
effect the administration <strong>of</strong> local administrative organizations<br />
(particularly sub-district administrative organizations <strong>and</strong><br />
sub-district municipalities that have been upgraded from a<br />
sub-district administrative organization)<br />
4.4 People in villages <strong>and</strong> communities (particularly sub-district<br />
administrative organization <strong>and</strong> sub-district municipality)<br />
give less importance to local council member compared to<br />
local administrator, sub-district head, village head or<br />
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