About 47 percent want cabinet reshuffle now

BANGKOK: -- About 47 percent of the respondents polled by Nida Poll say it is about time the cabinet should be reshuffled against about 41 percent who disagree with cabinet shakeup fearing that it may cause more confusion.

The National Institute of Development Administration gauged the opinions of 1,251 of people of different walks of life from across the country during July 22-23 on whether the cabinet should be reshuffled now or not.

Among the 47.72 percent of respondents who want to see cabinet shakeup now, 17.35 percent of them suggest that only the economic ministers should be removed because of economic problems which have affected a large number of people; 15.55 percent say that minister who underperformed should be replaced whereas 13.83 percent want the entire cabinet to be overhauled.

Among those who want cabinet reshuffle now, 71.52 percent want Commerce Minister General Chatchai Sarikalya to be removed followed by 68.68 percent for the replacement of Deputy Commerce Minister Apiradee Tantraporn, 61.31 percent for the replacement of Agriculture Minister Pitipong Pungbun na Ayudhya, 61.31 percent for Deputy Agriculture Minister Amnuay Patise, 41.54 percent for Finance Minister Sommai Phasee, and 41.21 percent for Deputy Finance Minister Visut Srisuphan, 36.52 percent for the removal Transport Minister Prajin Juntong, 35.18 percent for the removal of Deputy Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisit, 34.34 percent for the removal of Social Development and Human Security Minister Adul Saengsingkaew, 33.33 percent for Labour Minister Surasak Kanchanarat, 32.83 percent for the removal of Energy Minister Narongchai Akaraseni, 32.66 percent for the removal of Minister of Natural Resources and Environment General Dapong Rattanasuwan.

31.49 percent want Education Minister Narong Pipatthanasai to be axed, 31.32 percent want the removal of Deputy Education Minister Surachet Chaiwong, 31.16 percent want the removal of Deputy Foreign Minister Don parama vinai.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/about-47-percent-want-cabinet-reshuffle-now

-- Thai PBS 2015-07-26

A nonsense poll. There is no country in the world where a random poll would turn up this number of people who have detailed knowledge of the names and performance of all of the cabinet ministers.

Surely shuffling these people does nothing at all. I would of thought all the bureaucrats/civil servants who actually carry out the day to day works will largely remain the same irrespective of who is in Government or in charge of that particular ministry.

Time to firk off with your bullshite polls. The only country in the world that believe that less than a 50% of a majority is a winner.

A nonsense poll. There is no country in the world where a random poll would turn up this number of people who have detailed knowledge of the names and performance of all of the cabinet ministers.

This is exactly what I thought. How many people in Thailand (or for that matter any country in the world including mine) could even name more than their Prime Minister / President and 2-3 most high profile Ministers. I would love to see the survey questions !!!

A nonsense poll. There is no country in the world where a random poll would turn up this number of people who have detailed knowledge of the names and performance of all of the cabinet ministers.

Incorrect...in Thailand they do!

Oh second thought, yea, you're right, a nonsense poll.

A nonsense poll. There is no country in the world where a random poll would turn up this number of people who have detailed knowledge of the names and performance of all of the cabinet ministers.

Absolutely and most of those people are posters here

In these kind of political circumstances you have to assume that any poll is heavily doctored to achieve some sort of legitimacy and/or face saving for whatever organizational changes are going to be made anyway.

Tipped for return is former TRT politician and economic mastermind Somkid - the fact he is banned from politics is no problem. A little amendment to the law this month opened the door for him, now that he switched sides. Just goes to show, it is not about policy or economics, but about whose side you are on.

Tipped for removal is Dep. PM Wongsuwan, who heads the Wongsuawan faction of the military. Traditionally it is this faction that runs the Military, rather than the Queen's guard that PM Prayut heads.

One gets the feeling that the PM is waling a very tight rope.

...and perhaps the other 53% would like a free, fair and open general election?

Absolutely dumb, dumber and dumbest. Reshuffle what and why? Does anyone know anything about any of these so called ministers?

Tipped for return is former TRT politician and economic mastermind Somkid - the fact he is banned from politics is no problem. A little amendment to the law this month opened the door for him, now that he switched sides. Just goes to show, it is not about policy or economics, but about whose side you are on.

Tipped for removal is Dep. PM Wongsuwan, who heads the Wongsuawan faction of the military. Traditionally it is this faction that runs the Military, rather than the Queen's guard that PM Prayut heads.

One gets the feeling that the PM is waling a very tight rope.

Somkid was appointed as advisor to the NCPO more than a year ago and is currently chairman to the PM's Advisory Board. Somkid is seen as a bright mind who supervised execution of Economic Measurements under then PM Thaksin and especially able in International Marketing, Branding and related areas.

Somkid is no longer under a five-year ban, it expired almost three years ago for those 111 TRT politicians. He is also not under a politics ban other than all politics being put on hold for the 'duration'.

What we did have though is "banned from taking up posts in the cabinet under the interim charter". That restriction was removed for ALL politicians and others thus effected.

All in all please try to be a bit more precise and accurate.

To have an effective cabinet reshuffle, you need to reshuffle the PM along with it.

Without a public constituency to drive the nation's economic roadmap, a new cabinet will only continue toTadhere to Prayut's failed economic roadmap. The current PM will merely continue to exercise economic policies based on his personal ideology and preferences regardless of any professional advice as he has shown for the last 14 months.

A nonsense poll. There is no country in the world where a random poll would turn up this number of people who have detailed knowledge of the names and performance of all of the cabinet ministers.

This is exactly what I thought. How many people in Thailand (or for that matter any country in the world including mine) could even name more than their Prime Minister / President and 2-3 most high profile Ministers. I would love to see the survey questions !!!

Are the PM and the Minister of Tourism the only ones to pass muster ?

Another recent poll showed that 475% of all Thais want more polls....