PUBLISHED: 1 Jan 2025 at 06: 47
Phumtham Wechayachai, the minister of defense, stated that he is doing his best to oversee the agency’s politics, but that he needs to be more effective because a number of pressing issues are still unanswered.
In an effort to avert upcoming military dictatorships, he added that he saw no point in pushing for constitutional changes.
Rating his achievement directing the government since his stay began on Sept 3, Mr Phumtham, who is also a deputy prime minister, said on Tuesday there have been certain deficiencies.
He claimed that some of the issues he had certainly resolved haven’t been resolved in the expected way.
” But we have to start someplace and deal with the problems based on our understanding”, Mr Phumtham said.
He claimed that his perception of the war has changed since he was a student in college.
” Now that I’ve helmed the department, it’s a whole new perspective”, the minister said, adding any dissenting thoughts he had with the government were being fine-tuned.
” I trust that after having met the military officials, the defense continuous director, and the deputy defence secretary, who are career soldiers through and through,” Mr. Phumtham said.
The key to this is to arrange discussions and acknowledge the difficulties they face. ” I regard the armed forces’ rulers”, the secretary said.
Some thought that because he joined the Communist Party of Thailand ( CPT ) in the 1970s and faced opposition from the military, Mr. Phumtham was unfit to take over the charge of the defense sector.
Mr. Phumtham claimed that he has advanced through the social hierarchy and is now putting together plans.
Lawmakers and express leaders are often at odds, he noted. He thinks he has started off on the right foot as defense minister because he engages in constructive dialogue with defense officials to address issues.
” No problem can be fixed overnight”, he said.
In order to ward off military coups, Mr. Phumtham argued that it was pointless to try to update the Defence Ministry Administration Act.
A bill sponsored by Prayuth Siripanich, a member of the Pheu Thai Party, seeks to change the law to make it illegal to use military power or military personnel in situations where the government has seized or is under control.
According to the report, soldiers who were ordered to carry out such acts had the right to refuse to do so and ran the risk of being viewed as a celebration to the military criminal law violation.