Having new faces in Cabinet shows people things are really being freshened up: PM

[snoop1130]

Having new faces in Cabinet shows people things are really being freshened up: PM

By The Nation

 

Prayut in the South.

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday during the mobile Cabinet meeting in the South that his recent ministerial reshuffle had been aimed at bringing in new faces to help boost the government’s image.

 

“The sole purpose of reshuffling the Cabinet is that I wanted new faces to help boost a perception among the people that there is a change. People should then realise and acknowledge that there has been a [genuine] reshuffle,” he said.

 

The premier added, however, that what was most important was the government and the prime minister, who had to be someone that could tolerate all pressure because he needed to work for the country.

 

Prayut said that while former agriculture minister Gen Chatchai Sarikulya had been reshuffled, he would still be with him – as a deputy prime minister – so there would not be any problem following up on the farming policies he had initiated. 

 

The PM said he also wished to have new faces and brains to help at the Agriculture Ministry after Chatchai had laid some foundations there, including the strengthening of farmers’ competitiveness. 

 

Work at the ministry now needs to proceed into “phase two”, he explained.

 

The premier said he did not care where the new faces in his Cabinet were from, apparently referring to new Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat from the Chart Thai Party, and stating that he was not a politician and did not need to make deals with anyone.

 

In regard to the change at the Defence Ministry, where Gen Chaichan Changmongkol has taken over from Gen Udomdej Sitabutr as deputy defence minister, Prayut said he had made the move because he would like Udomdej to concentrate on reconciliation. 

 

Udomdej, he added, had been working with him in the Cabinet for three years, and he was now still with him at the National Council for Peace and Order.

 

The general understood the reason behind the move as he had talked to him about the reshuffle, the prime minister said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30332731

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-11-28

[rkidlad]

Desperate. You cannot polish polish a turd. 

[coulson]

19 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The premier added, however, that what was most important was the government and the prime minister, who had to be someone that could tolerate all pressure because he needed to work for the country

Seems an honest segue into an onslaught of organic laws, constitutional changes and hurdles to be firmly in place so nobody could ever fit the bill.

 

23 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The sole purpose of reshuffling the Cabinet is that I wanted new faces to help boost a perception among the people that there is a change

Keyword is *Perception*. If you can't convince them, confuse them.

 

More smoke and mirrors to follow....

[Oziex1]

To improve the image！

Any word on improving performance.

Doesnt matter its a Military Junta.

 

[ratcatcher]

[ChrisY1]

Different faces, but the same inane mentality!

[RichardColeman]

[PatOngo]

13 hours ago, Oziex1 said:

To improve the image！

Any word on improving performance.

Doesnt matter its a Military Junta.

 

Performance??? Can't you feel the freshness they've created?

[yellowboat]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Prayut said he had made the move because he would like Udomdej to concentrate on reconciliation. 

Another General to smooth things over.  It is highly doubtful that will happen until after the first election, so long as, it goes unmolested by junta. 

[JAG]

Not at all, they've ordered some new ones, they will be waiting on the quay at New York when it docks.

 

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[yellowboat]

It is that junta freshness.  Again they talk about things before seeing any results, but then again, there are no results. 

[Eric Loh]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Having new faces in Cabinet shows people things are really being freshened up

But but you still in the cabinet. 

[steven100]

He obviously considers a reshuffle to be good for the cabinet ....    well done again Khun Prayuth Chan O Cha ..

[Cadbury]

Just a propaganda sheet put out by the PM's office in an attempt to recover something from his dreadful performance and the mess he made of things during his trip down south. 

[YetAnother]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“The sole purpose of reshuffling the Cabinet is that I wanted new faces to help boost a perception among the people that there is a change.

prototype example of what passes for logic in the Land Of Show;

nothing mentioned of competence nor results;

thus this becomes a marketing gimmick

[Srikcir]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Having new faces in Cabinet shows people things are really being freshened up

Then we await Prayut's quick exit so those new faces can have new leadership.

Adopt the election laws used for the 2011 elections and hold elections March 2018.

[Ossy]

 

Ah, so silvery-gold is his choice of the day, today . . . very pretty, P1. His wardrobe alone must have cost more than the reshuffle's worth. If there was ever a big girl's blouse who thought he was man enough to lead a country, this must be him. He is simply not normal in everything he says, everything he does . . . and everything he wears.

 

 

 

[Media1]

WE do not want you. Nobody cares about your cabinet of pensioners

[Media1]

1 hour ago, JAG said:

Not at all, they've ordered some new ones, they will be waiting on the quay at New York when it docks.

 

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Yes but what else can we do Khun Prawit 

[Ossy]

1 hour ago, PatOngo said:

Performance??? Can't you feel the freshness they've created?

No, but I can smell a shit-like smell!  Silly me . . . it's that new muckmidden they've installed at Government House . . . it's overflowing already!

Edited November 29, 2017 by Ossy
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[Media1]

15 hours ago, Oziex1 said:

To improve the image！

Any word on improving performance.

Doesnt matter its a Military Junta.

 

Performance haha please 

[ratcatcher]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

He obviously considers a reshuffle to be good for the cabinet ....    well done again Khun Prayuth Chan O Cha ..

Your oleaginous comments continue to amaze us. Well done.

[Jonmarleesco]

'“The sole purpose of reshuffling the Cabinet is that I wanted new faces to help boost a perception among the people that there is a change.' A pity some of the old fa(e)ces are still in situ.

 

'The premier added, however, that ... the prime minister ... had to be someone that could tolerate all pressure because he needed to work for the country.' He managed to say that without cracking a smile and without breaking sweat?

[LazySlipper]

As we say back home.

 

Like changing four quarters for a buck.

 

Plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose.

[Grumpy Duck]

I dunno, seems to me changing policies would be more noticeable than changing faces. 

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[Krataiboy]

You can fool some of the people some of the time. . .