Prayut pledges reshuffle by month-end
Coalition quotas to stay intact for now
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha assured on Tuesday a cabinet reshuffle would be completed by the end of this month, saying the distribution of ministerial quotas among government coalition parties would remain unchanged for the time being.
He said the cabinet shake-up had been raised with government coalition parties and the issue was expected to be finalised as soon as possible.
The cabinet on Tuesday appointed people to assume caretaker roles in the affected ministries pending a reshuffle which was forced by the removal of Buddhipongse Punnakanta, Nataphol Teepsuwan and Thaworn Senneam from their cabinet posts.
The trio lost their positions last week as they were among the 26 people convicted by the Criminal Court over their roles in…
