“Phumtham” points out that the special cabinet meeting must urgently appoint the “Prime Minister’s Secretary” and discuss the policies of the coalition parties before making a statement to the parliament. He asks not to criticize the “family cabinet” and emphasizes people with knowledge and ability to work.
Deputy Prime Minister Bhumitham Vejjayachai, acting Prime Minister, revealed about the special Cabinet meeting that he did not know what the Prime Minister wanted to emphasize. He expected that in the first meeting, what should be done is to appoint a Secretary-General to the Prime Minister because when the oath is taken, all positions will be removed, but there must be someone to work instead. Therefore, this position is important.
And when the oath is taken, it is considered a complete cabinet, but it cannot perform its duties. It must first announce its policies to the parliament. The mechanism of the special cabinet meeting will discuss what policies to jointly announce to the parliament are. Theref
ore, the first meeting will probably be about this. I believe there should not be any problems, even though it is a new government, but it is still the same coalition party.
If the royal command and oath are complete, there will be the first cabinet meeting to submit the matter to the parliament. As for when the meeting will be held, I think that after the oath is taken, the meeting will be held immediately.
As for the news that it might be next week, Mr. Phumtham asked that we not conclude whether the meeting will be this week or next week, and that when the oath is taken, we can work immediately and open the meeting. He also declined to give details of the names of the people who will be submitted for royal endorsement because it must be in the process and must be approved by royal approval.
As for criticisms about the history of some ministers, it is in accordance with the process. Don’t think like that. If it were the old way, it would have been fine. But because there are words like ethics or too many
interpretations, it causes a waste of time. But many people think that they don’t want to make an issue, so they bring in their children, acquaintances, and capable people to work instead. Which shouldn’t be a problem. But it doesn’t mean that changing individuals will cause problems for the old ones.
In this regard, the criticism is the family cabinet. Mr. Phumtham stated that he himself cannot speak here. Let’s wait for the results of the operation to be completed first. But he does not want the word family to be involved because today, people are measured by their abilities. They come to work. Whoever has the ability, whether it’s a family member or someone with different opinions, if they have the potential, bring them in to work.
Source: Thai News Agency