PM calls for strict vetting

A new government might have several eyes.

Coalition party leaders and core figures join hands at a press conference held last Thursday to announce their support for ruling Pheu Thai Party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra. (Photo: Nutthawat Wichieanbut)
At a press conference held last Thursday, partnership group leaders and key figures announced their support for Pheu Thai Party chief Paetongtarn Shinawatra. ( Photo: Nutthawat Wichieanbut )

Candidates for cupboard positions will be subject to rigorous background checks to ensure they comply with the law and prevent legal tussles that could cause problems for the new government, according to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

Ms. Paetongtarn made the remarks on Monday while she was a student at the National Defence College, where she is enrolled in a demanding program for new managers.

She said she expected the rulers of the decision empire, comprising the Pheu Thai Party, of which she is the president, and ten another, to reach an agreement this week on forming the new government.

Ms Paetongtarn, the 37-year-old youngest child of former prime minister Thaksin, was elected by members of the House of Representatives on Friday. Without a doubt, she won enormous support from the House of Representatives, making her the nation’s 31st prime minister. She is the region’s youngest prime minister.

She stated that Pheu Thai senior leaders met on Monday to talk about the group’s governmental individuals and that she would also speak with other senior members on Tuesday.

She has never promised to keep all government members the Srettha government has appointed, according to reports from Thai media.

Ms. Paetongtarn also emphasized the necessity of comprehensive background checks on candidates for supervisory posts to prevent problems in the future.

” The requirements of those who will get government officials had been inspected carefully to avoid any errors”, Ms Paetongtarn said, referring to what happened to her father, Srettha Thavisin.

” All is concerned about the issue”, she said. ” A case will type in less than a quarter.”

The Constitutional Court on August 14 removed Mr. Srettha from office after appointing former convict Pichit Chuenban as a secretary in the PM’s office for an morals violation.

The legal arm of the government, the Council of State, will be asked to verify the credentials of ministerial candidates, according to Ms. Paetongtarn, but coalition allies should also check individuals ‘ credentials before submitting the lists of candidates chosen for government posts.

She also refuted reports that Bhumjaithai chief Anutin Charnvirakul would resign as interior secretary from his post in the previous administration.

Phumtham Wechayachai, the head of caregiver Deputy prime minister, stated that Pheu Thai had asked alliance partners to submit their cabinet choices to the Council of State’s Prommin Lertsuridej so that potential legal wrangles can be avoided.

In light of the Srettha event decision made by the Constitutional Court, Mr. Phumtham claimed that the Cabinet Secretariat and the Council of State has carefully and thoroughly assess the qualifications of governmental candidates. He stated that the alliance parties are scheduled to give the governmental candidate lists to the secretary-general of the PM on Tuesday.

When asked whether the alliance allies ‘ quotas for government positions may be intact, Mr. Phumtham simply stated that the prime secretary would speak with them.

Given his conviction and sentence for a drug-related crime in Australia during the 1990s, caretaker Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Capt. Thamanat Prompow may also be subject to qualification assessments if he is appointed as a government minister.