Cabinet holds special meeting to appoint “Phumtham” to act as PM

Cabinet holds special meeting, resolves to appoint "Phumtham" to act as Prime Minister, able to consider urgent and necessary matters Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Phumtham Vejjayachai, acting as Prime Minister, announced after the special cabinet meeting that the cabinet will continue to perform its duties until a new cabinet takes over. The meeting resolved to appoint Mr. Phumtham Vejjayachai as acting prime minister. Although the status of the cabinet has ended, they must remain in the position to continue performing their duties. They are not called acting and receive a salary but do not have to submit an asset declaration yet. They still have the duty to administer the country for the benefit of the country as necessary in every respect. In the event of a situation threatening national security, the Minister has the power and duty to announce measures to maintain national security, such as declaring a state of emergency or declaring martial law. As for the signature of the Minister, h e/she will still sign in the same position and is not acting in the position. For the political official positions appointed by the Prime Minister, all positions must be dismissed and the committee appointed by the Prime Minister in accordance with the Government Administration Act and the Deputy Secretary-General to the Prime Minister for Political Affairs to the Deputy Prime Minister can continue to perform their duties. In this regard, the principle of the Cabinet's performance of duties, new policies that are binding on the new Cabinet should not be considered, and urgent matters should be considered on a case-by-case basis. Mr. Phumtham also revealed that today (August 15) at 4:00 p.m. at Shinawatra Building 3, the Pheu Thai Party executive committee will hold a meeting to propose a list of candidates for prime minister, and the leaders of all coalition parties will jointly hold a press conference before tomorrow (August 16) the names will be submitted to the parliament at 10:00 a.m. at the parliament building.-316. Source: Thai News Agency