Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has reiterated that she will have the final say on the cabinet line-up.
She was responding to criticism that her outspoken father, former Prime Minister Thaksin, might participate in the selection of his daughter's cabinet.
Paetongtarn was granted a royal audience as the 31st Prime Minister of Thailand on August 18, after winning enough votes in Parliament. Since then, her coalition parties have scrambled to nominate their candidates for ministerial portfolios.
Each candidate will be carefully scrutinised, to prevent a repeat of the appointment of someone like Phichit Chuenban to the cabinet by former Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. Srettha was removed from office by the Constitutional Court for appointing Phichit, despite him having served a prison sentence in the past.
Paetongtarn told reporters that one of the main problems is the Palang Pracharath party of Gen Prawit Wongsuwan, because it is divided into two factions, with each nominating their own candidates.
"Palang Pracharath will have to settle its problems. So, we will have to wait and see how the situation turns out," she said.
She says that she wants her cabinet line-up to be completed as soon as possible, because the country faces many challenges and obstacles that need to be addressed.
The timeline indicates that she will present her cabinet to His Majesty the King in early September, followed by her cabinet swearing the oath before His Majesty.
It is expected that she will deliver her policy statement to Parliament on September 11th, as required by the charter, which mandates that a prime minister delivers their policy statement within 15 days of the swearing-in ceremony.
