Prayut to deliver policies to mass meeting of permanent officials on Aug 8

Prayut to deliver policies to mass meeting of permanent officials on Aug 8

By The Nation

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha will meet heads of government agencies on August 8 to deliver the government’s policies to them, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said today.

Wissanu said it had been a normal practice for the prime minister to hold a meeting with top permanent officials to tell them of key policies after a government announced its policy statement to Parliament.

Wissanu said permanent officials are the people who implement the government’s policies, so they need to understand the policies and to be informed of what issues the administration will focus on and which works the government will carry out each year.

Since the government cannot speak of its projects in detail, the prime minister will hold a meeting with permanent secretaries of ministries, department directors general and provincial governors to inform them of the government’s plans.

Since many permanent officials will attend the meeting, the Government Hall will be too small, and so the prime minister will hold the meeting at the Impact Arena in Muang Thong Thani, Wissanu said.

The deputy prime minister said permanent officials, who do not understand the policies, may raise questions for the prime minister to clarify.

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30373962