Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has stepped up to shield Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin amid a storm of criticism over his unannounced four-day holiday break to be with family.
Phumtham, doubling as the commerce minister, staunchly defended the PM’s right to take a breather, asserting that a holiday is perfectly normal. Striking back at detractors, he revealed that the 61 year old prime minister’s brief reprieve comes on the heels of a rendezvous with his son in Japan. Srettha’s son, jetting in all the way from the United States, joined his father for a heartwarming homecoming flight.
Ever the diplomat, Phumtham clarified that the prime minister isn’t tethered to Government House, suggesting that he can work from anywhere. Furthermore, he highlighted the provision for one of the deputy prime ministers to assume the helm in the PM’s…
