Suspended PM nevertheless busy as protection minister but says he’ll only go to ministry HQ when needed
Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, temporarily suspended from prime ministerial duties, is modifying to working from home plus anywhere outside authorities offices, according to resources.
Style Prayut stopped entering Government House upon Wednesday after the Constitutional Courtroom ordered him in order to step aside from the PM’s position pending the ruling on regardless of whether he has reached the end of his eight-year term in line with the restrict set out in the 2017 constitution.
However , he is constantly on the serve in the cabinet in his concurrent capability as the defence minister. Deputy Prime Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) Prawit Wongsuwon is definitely serving as performing prime minister.
On Thurs, the defence minister chaired a meeting from the Defence Council organized at the Defence Ministry, but he went to via teleconferenmce through his residence within the 1st Infantry Regiment in Phaya Thailänder district.
He had been scheduled to chair the particular meeting at the ministry at 1 . 30pm but informed officials a half-hour beforehand that he’d join them via movie instead, said Gen Kongcheep Tantrawanit, the particular spokesman for the ministry.
According to Gen Kongcheep, Style Prayut told the chiefs of the armed forces as well as the permanent admin for defence plus high-level military officers at the meeting that they did not have to worry about him. They could continue using their normal work as this individual was also proceeding together with his duties, he mentioned.
“Gen Prayut is still the prime minister because the Constitutional Court suspended his duty to wait for the ruling. He furthermore remains as the protection minister, ” the particular spokesman said.
Gen Kongcheep said he had no clue when Gen Prayut would enter the Protection Ministry and that decision-making would be day-by-day.
The 68-year-old retired soldier can take part in videoconferences plus sign documents anywhere as there is also a deputy defence minister, said Gen Kongcheep, referring to Chaichan Changmongkol.
Offices, conference rooms and officers at the Defence Ministry were always ready to accommodate Gen Prayut and he could issue orders and policies anytime, Gen Kongcheep added.
A source at the Protection Ministry quoted Style Prayut as informing the Defence Authorities that he was adapting to his brand new working environment. Their staff said he’d enter the ministry whenever he had tasks that needed to be done generally there.
Otherwise, Gen Prayut might sign documents with his residence, the original source said.
Gen Prawit, meanwhile, held his initial meeting of his first day as caretaker PM inside a familiar place: the Five Provinces Bordering Forest Preservation Base. The headquarters from the military-backed foundation, which he chairs, is situated on military residence and is the place where this individual prefers to carry out political business whenever possible.