File photo dated May 1, 2017 shows former navy chief of staff Adm Luechai Ruddit, middle, chairman of the navy's submarine procurement management panel, addresses a press conference yesterday to clear up lingering questions raised over the controversial purchase. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul).
The government should have stepped in when a party contracted by the state failed to meet its obligations.
It should have stood firm on its demands and insisted on calling for a fresh round of bidding if that party could not provide what they had promised in the contract.
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