Prayut enters Defence Ministry as minister

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha entered the Defence Ministry for the first time as the defence minister Tuesday morning.

 

Prayut succeeded Gen Prawit Wongsuwan as the defence minister after Prawit, who was both deputy prime minister and defence minister in the post-coup government, was given only the post of deputy prime minister in the Prayut II administration.

 

Prayut was welcomed by Gen Nat Intharacharoen, permanent secretary for Defence, Supreme Commander Gen Pornpipat Benyasri, Army Commander-in-chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong, Navy Commander-in-chief Adm Luachai Ruddit, Air Force Commander-in-Chief ACM Chaiyapruek Dityasarin and several senior military officers.

 

Before entering the ministry compound, Prayut paid respects to the Bangkok City Pillar Shrine and once inside went straight to the Chao Por Ho Klong (drum tower spirit) Shrine where he paid respect to it and other sacred icons in the Defence Ministry.

 

After the rites, Prayut went to inspect a newly found ancient well in the compound. Prayut ordered the permanent secretary to check whether the water is clean and ordered him to improve the landscape around the well.

 

The well appeared on Friday when a parking area in front of the Chao Por Ho Kkong shrine subsided.

 

While Engineering Corps troops were preparing to re-pave the area, they found three thick granite rocks. When they lifted the pieces, they found 9-metre-deep well with musky water. The well appeared to have been dug a long time ago and measures about one metre by 20 centimetres.

 

Nat said he would coordinate with the Fine Arts Department to check and renovate the well, which is part of the old command building in the compound of the ministry, itself 132 years old.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30373865

 

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7 minutes ago, webfact said:

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha entered the Defence Ministry for the first time as the defence minister Tuesday morning.

geezz how many posts does the guy hold....

 

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

Prayut succeeded Gen Prawit Wongsuwan as the defence minister

not succeeded..., more like took (removed) the ministry from his buddy gold watch man

He cant just hold one position and maybe just do it justice. He wants the pie and eat it!

On entering the ministry building little p was overheard saying....Listen here you orrible lot, i am here, i am the boss, follow my orders or you will receive a punch in the mouth.

2 minutes ago, chowny77 said:

He cant just hold one position and maybe just do it justice. He wants the pie and eat it!

sometimes one eats more than he can chew

Well hasn't the PM hit the big time,  this is the one that rakes it in Ooo the money the money.

Will he pass the unusual wealth test. Ah ha ha ha ha ha, oh my goodness.

Droughts, pollution, low tourism, corruption, illegal fishing, human trafficking, farmers in poverty. Mekong dams.

Ah ha ha ha ha, Ah ha ha, 

he's just laughing all the way to his Swiss Bank account. 

What will he say when he next makes a speech?

 

"Thank you Prime Minister"

 

Or

 

"Thank you Defence Minister"

 

 

25 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

geezz how many posts does the guy hold....

All of the ones that have guns.

23 minutes ago, colinneil said:

On entering the ministry building little p was overheard saying....Listen here you orrible lot, i am here, i am the boss, follow my orders or you will receive a punch in the mouth.

Or a punch in the sack! I doubt that he knows how to spell deveennsse.

How many pockets can a man's trousers have?

I wise idea to help prevent a coup against him.

I hear the defense minister's boss is a few bricks shy of a load

2 hours ago, GalaxyMan said:

All of the ones that have guns.

Is that to try and stop them from being pointed at him?

WOW !

Superman is here

The guy is Prime Minister, Defence Minister,and is supervising the Police Force.

Keep putting that Kryptonite in the Somtam fella.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

When they lifted the pieces, they found 9-metre-deep well with musky water. The well appeared to have been dug a long time ago and measures about one metre by 20 centimetres.

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Prayut ordered the permanent secretary to check whether the water is clean and ordered him to improve the landscape around the well. 

Think maybe the Defense Minister's sense of budgetary priorities is off kiltered?

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha entered the Defence Ministry for the first time as the defence minister Tuesday morning.

So master of both camps... the guy will do just as he wishes and no-one can stop him!

He is obviously insecure and feels he needs to keep his hands on the military in some way

20 hours ago, GalaxyMan said:

All of the ones that have guns.

And now it seems as though he's also taken control of the economy personally. Holy Shitt, Batman! ????

Just in time to get his slice of the kickbacks in the Stryker purchase

At this rate he wont have time to answer any parliamentary questions as this phoenix rises again in a coup-less coup????  

It's not easy having to work so hard for the good of all. The book is abailable in a Thai/English version at 250 baht