BANGKOK : -- Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha last night defended his decision to bring several military officers into his cabinet and asked critics not to pre-judge them.
In his weekly “Returning Happiness to the People” address, he argued that making several military officers cabinet ministers shouldn’t be a problem, saying that he had carefully thought out that their presence in the cabinet was necessary to ensure security.
He asked the public and critics not to be too suspicious of military officers otherwise there wouldn’t be good people willing to join the government.
“I am the one who made the decision. Whatever one said or whatever one proposed, let us wait and see and if anyone underperforms, he or she will be removed. The cabinet can be shuffled several times. Those who are not good enough will be weeded out.
Whoever who are corrupted will go to jail. So why afraid? This is democratic process,” said Prime Minister Prayuth.
“I am not a party member. This is the party of all Thai people who will move forward. There is no opposition or the government.
I want everyone to focus on national interest. Hence, we don’t want to see anyone to obstruct our performance of duty but would like to see more support from the public,” he said.
He admitted that sometimes he felt headache because there were so many proposals, so many issues that were accepted for consideration and discussions. “Anything that can be done will be done and that is my style of working,” he said.
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