New line-up” sent for aristocratic confirmation”
According to a Government House supply, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has already approved the last cabinet reshuffle listing and submitted it for royal approval. The PM, but, remains limited- lipped about the issue.
The Secretariat of the Cabinet conducted a search on Friday to make sure all the titles submitted were qualified to be appointed, according to the supply after the coalition parties gave Mr. Srettha the titles of new government ministers in their limit on Thursday.
The PM submitted the record for royal support the same day the line-up was verified. Mr. Srettha said the response would be known when the list is officially approved, and he on Saturday morning avoided mentioning whether he had previously submitted the cabinet reshuffle list.
The change list was subject to last-minute adjustments, according to another source, before being submitted. One of these positions is being swapped out by Culture Minister Sermsak Pongpanich for Tourism and Sports Minister Sudawan Wangsupakitkosol.
The supply cited Ms. Sudawan’s inability to exert more control over the Ministry of Tourism and Sports to carry out their duties more in accordance with the president’s tourism policies as justification for this transfer. The source claimed that Mr. Sermsak can be trusted to do the job because” This department is also seen as a key player in the president’s soft power development policy.”
Palang Pracharath Party ( PPRP ) had proposed two names for a new appointment as deputy agriculture and cooperatives minister, Anun Ponumnuay, an MP for Kamphaeng Phet, and Artthakorn Sirilatthayakorn, an MP for Chachoengsao, said another source.
One more limit gambling on the PPRP was originally intended to be a deputy commerce minister, but the party requested a change to that position in place of a deputy agriculture and cooperatives minister. The shift was suggested by Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow, who is also the secretary-general of the PPRP, who wants to have complete control over this agency.
However, the United Thai Nation Party has resolved to trade the status of a lieutenant crops and cooperatives chancellor, which is now held by Anucha Nakasai, for a deputy business minister’s position to which the party has nominated list- MP Suchart Chomklin, said a source.
According to sources with knowledge of the situation, the last cabinet reshuffle list sees the appointment of seven new faces, while four existing cabinet officials lose their positions.
Pichai Chunhavajira, past president of the Stock Exchange of Thailand and assistant to the prime minister, emerges as new finance minister, while Paopoom Rojanasakul, secretary to the finance minister, is picked as a new deputy finance minister.
This may mean the Ministry of Finance, which is responsible for pushing to implement the government’s questionable 500- billion- bass digital wallet handout scheme, did have three deputy ministers. According to these sources, Phu Thai Party head Jiraporn Sindhuprai, who was originally expected to be either a new deputy agriculture and joint secretary or assistant business minister, was ultimately chosen as a fresh PM’s Office minister.
Pichit Chuenban, an assistant to the prime minister and Thaksin’s former prosecutor, may be another new PM’s Office minister, while Mr Artthakorn will get a new assistant crops and cooperatives secretary, and Mr Suchart a new assistant commerce secretary.
All three PM’s Office ministers will be in the new cabinet line-up as Deputy Foreign Minister Jakkapong Sangmanee does as well as becoming a PM’s Office minister. Cholnan Srikaew, Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chaiya Promma, Puangpet Chunlaiad, and Mr. Anucha are the four ministers who will eventually lose their jobs as a result of this shake-up.