Bangkok (VNA) - Thailand's new Cabinet has been selected and will be submitted for royal endorsement within this week, the country’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has said.
The new Cabinet is expected to retain the current finance and foreign ministers but will likely see 11 new ministers and deputy ministers.
Acting prime minister Phumtham Wechayacha has revealed that the new coalition government is expected to take office by September 15.
The Council of State, which is the government’s legal advisory board, has checked the qualifications of those ministers whose backgrounds appeared to be in question and has assured the Cabinet Secretariat that the nominees’ backgrounds were acceptable.
It had been reported earlier that up to 11 nominees for the Paetongtarn Cabinet were facing probes by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).
However, on September 2, Pheu Thai deputy leader Chusak Sirinil said NACC secretary-general Niwatchai Kasemmongkol had assured the government committee in charge of screening Cabinet members’ qualifications that none of the nominees had ethical issues./.
