Opposition accused of misinterpreting how long PM has left in workplace A spokesperson from the PM’s Secretariat Office has slammed opposition parties for attempting to finish the PM’s time period prematurely. Thippanan Sirichana accuses opposition MPs of attempting to damage Prayut Chan-o-cha’s reputation because they’re concerned he would possibly score a second time period in workplace. According to a Bangkok Post report, the confrontation is the end result of a distinction of opinion as to how long the PM has been in office.

บริษัทติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์ชั้นนำ say the PM has been in his position since being confirmed as head of the National Council for Peace and Order following the 2014 army coup. Section 158 of the constitution prevents anybody from being PM for more than eight years, whether or not both 4-year phrases are served back-to-back. The opposition is therefore saying the PM has less than a yr left and that his time as leader of the country will end subsequent August.
However, the Bangkok Post reports that Thippanan has argued against this, insisting that the PM’s time period in workplace only began after the declaration of the current charter in 2017. She refutes the claim that his time in office after the coup counts in the direction of his complete tenure, arguing that it does not say this anywhere within the charter.
In other news, opposition parties are additionally filing a petition with the National Anti-Corruption Commission primarily based on allegations levelled against the PM and 2 of his ministers. The Pheu Thai Party alleges that the PM, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, and Agriculture Minister Chalermchai Sri-on mishandled Covid-19 vaccine procurement, engaged in corrupt practices when procuring antigen check kits, and mismanaged the rubber stockpile quota, inflicting the value of rubber to collapse..