Phumtham downplays power vacuum fears post-Srettha exit

ฺBlessed start: Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra prays at the City Pillar shrine in Bangkok to seek blessings for her 38th birthday on Wednesday. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)
Beginning of a blessed stop, Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra requests blessings on Wednesday at the City Pillar temple in Bangkok. ( Photo: Chanat Katanyu )

Issues about a power pump pending the formation of a fresh government were ignored by Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai.

” There is no power pump. He said on Thursday that” all alliance parties are working together to solve the problems that the land faces”.

Mr. Phumtham responded to private market demands for a swift formation of a new government so that organized economic stimulus measures could proceed uninterruptedly.

He claimed that he had complete authority to appoint new federal officials, break the House, and declare martial law while he was in office. ” But I did not exercise for powers. I just focus on tackling women’s dilemmas”, Mr Phumtham said.

He denied reports that he would become the new defence secretary, a blog held by Sutin Klungsang in the previous administration.

Prommin Lertsuridej, the PM’s secretary-general, said all coalition allies, including the Palang Pracharath Party ( PPRP ), have submitted their lists of ministerial candidates, and the next step is to conduct thorough background checks, which should not take more than two weeks.

He declined to comment on reports that the PPRP has submitted more case nominations than its four-member limit.

In response to reports that the Democrats are being courted by PPRP secretary-general Thamanat Prompow to join the new government, Dr. Prommin even declined to comment on whether the criticism Democrat Party had submitted its roster of ministerial votes.

After being removed from the list of nominees for government positions, Capt Thamanat, who is the caretaker minister of agriculture and cooperatives, met with Democrat Party head Chalermchai Sri-on on Tuesday to speak with the Democrats.

In return, Capt Thamanat offered two cabinet posts under the PPRP’s limit to the Democrat Party, the resources said.

According to the options, Capt. Thamanat has been deducted from the PPRP’s record of governmental votes because he may be deemed unfit to carry a government position based on his conviction and sentence to prison for a drug-related crime in Australia in the 1990s.

Dech-it Khaothong, the Democrat Party’s secretary-general, said the group will keep a meeting to decide whether it will join the new state led by Pheu Thai. ” It depends on the group’s resolution”, he said.

Asked whether the Democrats were willing to abandon their beliefs and love and make up with Pheu Thai, its long-standing political enemy, Mr Dech-it said,” It is time to update the country. Racism and hatred from the past should n’t be carried on.

Public separate bodies, as Dr. Prommin formerly stated, may be asked to assist the committee in confirming the credentials of prospects for government jobs.

Following ex-PM’s Srettha Thavisin’s termination, background checks are anticipated. Some may approve of a repeat of what transpired with Mr. Srettha, who was fired after the cabinet appointed a person with a criminal record.

According to Dr. Prommin, the candidates will be screened to make sure they do n’t have criminal histories or hold shares in companies or other assets that would conflict with the legal or ethical requirements for holding a government position.