Appointment of top Finance Ministry officials hits snag in Cabinet

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Appointment of top Finance Ministry officials hits snag in Cabinet

By The Nation

 

 

Finance Minister Predee Daochai.

 

A move to appoint top-ranking Finance Ministry officials was withdrawn during yesterday’s (August 25) Cabinet meeting after ministers failed to agree on the list of names. The hitch came as the ministry faces an urgent battle to revive the virus-hit economy.   

 

New Finance Minister Predee Daochai said the Cabinet failed to reach consensus on the proposed appointment of four high-ranking civil servants. 

 

An informed source said the appointments proposed by the Cabinet were as follows:

 

1. Jamroen Potiyod transferred from Finance Ministry inspector-general to deputy permanent secretary.

 

2. Phachara Anantasil, transferred from director-general of the Excise Department to director-general of the Customs Department.

 

3. Lawan Sangsanit transferred from director of the Fiscal Policy Office to director-general of the Excise Department.

 

4. Woranuch Phu-im transferred from Treasury Dept adviser to Ministry Inspector at the Office of the Permanent Secretary. 

 

However, the Finance Minister objected and requested that Lawan instead take the position of director of the State Enterprise Policy Office (SEPO), replacing Prapas Kong-ied, who would take the post of director-general of the Excise Department instead of Phachara.  

 

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said the change could not be made since the Cabinet list did not match the Finance Ministry’s proposed appointments. Predee then agreed to withdraw his agenda and present it again at the next Cabinet meeting. 

 

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said the Cabinet had approved the appointment of Chayathon Promson as the new transport secretary in place of Chaiwat Thongkoon, who will retire on September 30. Chayathon is currently director of the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning.

 

The Cabinet also gave the green light for Danucha Pichayanan to be promoted from deputy secretary-general to secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) from October 1.

 

Meanwhile ministers approved the Energy Ministry’s proposal to appoint a 10-member electronic transactions committee. 

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30393516

 

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[RichardColeman]

43 minutes ago, webfact said:

The hitch came as the ministry faces an urgent battle to revive the virus-hit economy.   

Unless they open the borders by the end of the year or Chinese new Year OR you can earn a full retirement amount in 6 months, this is a poison chalice

[JusticeGB]

Oops all is not well in the smooth running running Government which even had Emergency Powers to enforce those appointments. Is the ship of State sinking and a power struggle happening between our brothers in the Government?

[sherwood]

Even when its all about the money its still all about the money, oinkoink.

Clowns. The lot of em.

[billd766]

This song just about sums it up. Even the groups name describes it.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=8StG4fFWHqg

 

Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you,
And I'm wondering what it is I should do,
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face,
Losing control, yeah, I'm all over the place,
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

[Dap]

Fighting over the trough