BANGKOK : Thailand's state advisory council said the government-backed candidate for chair of the board of the central bank is ineligible because of a recent political role he held, although its recommendation is not binding on the government. The council decided the candidate, Kittiratt na Ranong, was ineligible because he had served as a government adviser in the past year and could not be deemed politically neutral. It said the finance ministry had asked it to look at the nomination. "This