A spokesperson from the PM’s Secretariat Office has slammed opposition events for making an attempt to finish the PM’s term prematurely. Thippanan Sirichana accuses opposition MPs of making an attempt to wreck Prayut Chan-o-cha’s popularity as a result of they’re concerned he would possibly score a second time period in office. According to a Bangkok Post report, the confrontation is the results of a distinction of opinion as to how long the PM has been in workplace.
Opposition parties 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 anyone from being PM for more than 8 years, whether or not both 4-year terms are served back-to-back. The opposition is due to this fact saying the PM has less than a yr left and that his time as leader of the country will finish subsequent August.
However, the Bangkok Post reviews that Thippanan has argued towards this, insisting that the PM’s term in office only began after the declaration of the current constitution in 2017. All-inclusive refutes the declare that his time in workplace after the coup counts in course of his whole tenure, arguing that it doesn’t say this anywhere within the constitution.
In other news, opposition parties are also filing a petition with the National Anti-Corruption Commission based mostly on allegations levelled towards the PM and a couple of 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 test kits, and mismanaged the rubber stockpile quota, causing the price of rubber to collapse..