Government House, “Settha” admits that he still needs to adjust his communication after receiving criticism that his performance in 1 year is not “impressive”, but he is ready to improve according to the criticism. He explained that he has a lot of work, but many things need to be done gradually.
Prime Minister Settha Thavisin gave an interview after chairing the cabinet meeting about criticisms of the government’s work, which will be completed in August. Although he saw the intention, he did not see any tangible results. He said that he personally thought that clear communication was important, as the reporter asked. In the past, the government has worked quite a bit in many projects and every ministry has worked hard. In addition, foreign investment, increasing agricultural product prices, debt relief for farmers, taking care of main and secondary crops, increasing the educational potential of youth, increasing wages, equal marriage laws, upgrading the 30-baht universal healthcare card, and the drug suppr
ession policy, which have many dimensions that we are trying to do. We will urgently take care of education to increase its potential.
When asked how he thought the tangible results would be clear and make the people feel impressed by the results, the Prime Minister laughed at the word ‘stunned’ and said how could he make them ‘stunned’? He thought it had to be gradual because there were many projects that would be gradually rolled out, such as foreign investment and the creation of more FTAs. He personally thought that they would be gradually rolled out.
When asked that in addition to criticism from the opposition, there are also people from the Pheu Thai Party who have also criticized the government’s work, how will this matter be understood? The Prime Minister said that he personally thinks that in a democratic society, whether it is people from the same party, the coalition government, or the opposition party, they may feel uncomfortable or may not understand, or there may be poor communication. This go
vernment must listen. Even if it is criticism from the same coalition party, we must listen and try. Whatever criticism is appropriate and should be adjusted or changed, we must do it. If it is something we are already doing, if there is still poor communication, we are ready to explain it in an appropriate forum.
As for today, when he will travel to the Pheu Thai Party, will he take the opportunity to clarify this matter? The Prime Minister said that if there are questions, he is ready to clarify because today he will travel to the Pheu Thai Party and has already taken leave from work since 3:00 p.m. onwards.
When asked if he personally thought that the personality of the Prime Minister, who was a former CEO, was an obstacle to the administration of the country, because when he was a CEO, he could always close down work sites, but when he became Prime Minister, he rarely closed down work sites, the Prime Minister said that he has been able to close quite a lot of jobs at present. In the past, when he was a
CEO, there were opening, closing, transferring, and opening and closing new jobs all the time.
Source: Thai News Agency