The cabinet on Tuesday agreed to reward 17 MPs, who defected from the parties they represented when elected, or had been on their party’s list, and have now joined the Palang Pracharat party, by granting them political appointments.
The mass appointments appear to be intended to buy the defectors’ loyalty to the government and tame simmering resentment among smaller parties in the governing coalition who felt ignored by the Palang Pracharat party.
The new political appointees are:
- Former Pheu Thai list MP and former deputy agriculture minister Pornsak Charoenprasert, alias Sia Lao, is now committee member of the vice minister of PM’s Office;
- Former Pheu Thai MP Amnuay Klangpa is now a committee member of vice minister of PM’s Office
- Former Democrat MP Thawee Suraban is now a committee member of vice minister of PM’s Office
- Former Democrat member Tossapol Pengsom is now a committee member of PM’s Office
- Former Pheu Thai MP Thirapat Daewcharoensopa is a committee member of vice minister of PM’s Office
- Former red-shirt and Pheu Thai member Suporn Atthawong, alias Isarn Rambo, is now a committee member of vice minister of PM’s Office
- Palangdham Mai secretary-general Nitat Raiyawa is a committee member of vice minister of PM’s Office
- Sorasin Traijakkrapob, a committee member of vice minister of PM’s Office
- Charnkrit Detvitak, a committee member of vice minister of PM’s Office
- Palang Thongthin Thai spokesman Chuenchog Kong-udom, becomes a committee member of vice minister of Finance Ministry
- Democrat deputy leader Narapat Kaewthong, is appointed as a committee member of vice minister of Agriculture Ministry
- Failed MP candidate Newin Chorchaithip, committee member of vice minister of Ministry of Digital for Economy and Society
- Failed MP candidate Suraporn Danaitangtrakul, a committee member of vice minister of Energy Ministry
- Pol Lt-Gen Natpit Snidvongs na Ayudhya, advisor to the interior minister and a committee member of vice minister of Interior Ministry
- Failed MP candidate Pramet Ngampichit, now a committee member of vice minister of Culture Ministry
- Palang Pracharat’s election campaigner Thirayuth Wanichchang, becomes a committee member of vice minister of Industry Minister
- Apiwat Khanthong, a committee member of vice minister
