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Three outsiders have accepted Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s invitation to join the Cabinet as the new economic team, replacing the team of former Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, who quit Thursday. Well-informed Government House sources named them as Mr. Pridi Daochai, president of the Thai Bankers’ Association, Mr. Pairin Chuchotethavorn, former deputy transport minister and
Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak and his team of three Cabinet members formally submitted their resignations this morning, paving the way for a long-anticipated Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. The three other Cabinet members are Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana, Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong and Higher Education, Science and Innovations Minister Suvit Maesincee.
Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak and his team of three Cabinet members formally submitted their resignations this morning, paving the way for a long-anticipated Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. However, Prime Minister Prayut declined to comment on the resignations. “I haven’t seen the news yet,” he said before departing for a visit to
Thailand’s Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, admitted today (Thursday) that it was a shame that Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak and his four-man economic team has left the Government adding, however, that their departures were necessary under the present circumstances. He promised to do his best to shuffle the Cabinet as quickly as possible, in
For decades, students have been grumbling about rigid school rules on hairstyles – short bobs for girls and tight crops, shaved at the sides for boys. However, though subtle, their latest complaint has arguably been the loudest. Instead of yelling at teachers for partially shaving their heads or ruining their looks, students decided to
Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister, Somkid Jatusripitak, and his four economy teammates are expected to tender their resignations tomorrow (Thursday). When asked about their impending departures, Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana is reported to have confirmed that he, Mr. Somkid, Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong, Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovations Minister Suwit Mesinsee and Mr. Kobsak Pootrakool,
SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s long-governing party comfortably won Friday’s general elections as expected amid the coronavirus pandemic, but faced a setback as the opposition made minor gains. Lee said his People’s Action Party secured 83 parliamentary seats, retaining its overwhelming majority with 89% of the total seats, but its popular
The Association of Secondary School Administrators has threatened to boycott the opposition Kao Klai party, unless one of its MPs offers a public apology and retracts his allegedly offensive remark against a school teacher who cut the hair of a student. The association president, Mr. Ratchachai Sornsuwan, said in a statement, today (Sunday), that Kao
More than 80% of the respondents to an opinion poll have admitted that they have lost trust in Thailand’s political parties, because they are full of politicians with vested interests, who engage in power struggles and political games. Dr. Noppadol Kannikar, director of Super Poll, said today that the survey also showed at 86.3% of
There is speculation that Energy Minister, and former Secretary-General of Thailand’s ruling Palang Pracharat party, Mr. Sontirat Sontijirawong, will join Mr. Korn Chatikavanich’s Kla party around August this year. A well-informed source in the Kla party said that Mr. Sontirat met Mr. Korn, a former Finance Minister during the Government of former Prime Minister Abhisit
The four members of the economic team of Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, known as “See Kumarn” (four boys of Dr. Somkid), have quit the ruling Palang Pracharat party, which they jointly founded two years ago. The four, Finance Minister and former party leader Uttama Savanayana, Energy Minister and former party secretary-general Sontirat Sontijirawong,
Thailand’s Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has offered a public apology for not wearing a face mask, while attending a social event to commemorate US United States Independence Day, at the US Embassy in Bangkok. In addition to Mr. Anutin, several other Government and Opposition figures were seen, in pictures of the event, not
