Fifth cabinet member to resign from Thai PM Prayuth's government - party spokeswoman

 

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks to media members at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand June 6, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Minister to the Prime Minister's Office Tewan Liptapanlop will resign on Monday, his party spokeswoman told Reuters, and would be the fifth member of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's cabinet to quit in less than five days.

 

Chart Pattana Party spokeswoman Yaowapa Boorapolchai told Reuters the party leadership had decided Tewan would leave his cabinet post to pave the way for a cabinet reshuffle.

 

Chart Pattana is among the 20 coalition partner of the government led by Prayuth and it holds only one cabinet position.

 

Tewan's resignation would follow that of Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak and two other ministers, who quit Prayuth's cabinet on Thursday.

 

(Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat; Editing by Martin Petty)

 

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Here we go, like rats leaving a sinking ship.

How many more?

No rats leaving.

 

All those parties were given a free cabinet seat, just to make sure prayuth had a majority, and now are of no use anymore and are made an offer they can't refuse to resign

Time for an election

I only hope that the growing protests do not end in tragedy.  How many times have we seen "unrest" escalate to all-out bloody confrontation?  If the PM is backed into a corner, I fear that rather than throw in the towel (therefore losing face), he will do whatever it takes to stay in charge.  Maybe a military coup? Oh, forgot, tried that a few times before!   

28 minutes ago, webfact said:

Tewan's resignation would follow that of Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak and two other ministers, who quit Prayuth's cabinet on Thursday

Sounds like some sort of Jenga game but with politicians .. see how many they can remove afore it all collapses .. 

Looks like Prayut will be pushed out by his friend Lil Fattie Prawit and Anutin will assume the throne...yes more sarcasm...

Let's hope that with this person resigning the protesters can bolster more strength from it to topple the regime and kick them to the backseat of only having power to play army.

Rats leaving a sinking ship? There must be more behind all these resignations. 

2 hours ago, Susco said:

No rats leaving.

 

All those parties were given a free cabinet seat, just to make sure prayuth had a majority, and now are of no use anymore and are made an offer they can't refuse to resign

Sounds like rats leaving to me. 

2 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Sounds like some sort of Jenga game but with politicians .. see how many they can remove afore it all collapses .. 

Talking of wooden blocks.

never ever heard of him before...

So a General reshuffle will be announced  soon. Ten-shun !

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand's Minister to the Prime Minister's Office Tewan Liptapanlop will resign on Monday, his party spokeswoman told Reuters, and would be the fifth member of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's cabinet to quit in less than five days.

Quit or pushed?

3 hours ago, JusticeGB said:

Rats leaving a sinking ship? There must be more behind all these resignations. 

Yes, it's all quite concerning.

Nothing new here ... haven't even heard of the guy. 

Khun Prayut Chan O Cha recently announced a reshuffle of his cabinet so I can't see why you are all surprised at this. Thailand will continue to move forward with Khun Prayut in control thankfully.

5 hours ago, smedly said:

Time for an election

Oops sorry thought you were saying something completely different until I put my specs on ????????????

6 hours ago, colinneil said:

Here we go, like rats leaving a sinking ship.

How many more?

my wish??? all of them

3 hours ago, Dumbastheycome said:

So a General reshuffle will be announced  soon. Ten-shun !

not a general reshuffle but ALL general's will be reshuffled, hopefully packed and send back to their barracks

3 hours ago, JusticeGB said:

Rats leaving a sinking ship? There must be more behind all these resignations. 

another coup,  maybe?

Just now, Mavideol said:

another coup,  maybe?

Or one in the making as a complete overhaul to place those retiring from the Military in a trough position to keep feeding 

Paving the way for a..............

 

Nothing major here. Just coalition politics. Every political mouth must be give time at the trough if the PM wishes them to be malleable MPs and vote his way so he can extend his time in power. I am sure everyone has received substantial compensation for their duty to country while in the PMs cabinet.

They've already re-arranged the deck chairs on the titanic.

Time for a new approach.  Get out!

14 hours ago, Dumbastheycome said:

So a General reshuffle will be announced  soon. Ten-shun !

Reshuffle is a strange name for a General but TIT ................LOL

I've seen happier faces ............ 

Is this the new Thai style of shuffling the parlament?  What kind of democracy are

these people trying? Interesting.

Geezer