A majority of people said they agree to a cabinet reshuffle, provided that it occurs at an appropriate time, according to the result of an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll. The poll was conducted on July 19-20 on 1,250 people aged 18 and above of various level of education and occupations throughout the country. Asked whether there should be a cabinet reshuffle at an appropriate time, a majority, 80.32%, said "yes", reasoning that the present cabinet has not been able to effectively solve problems and they want to see new faces with a new vision and policy work in the cabinet for improvements; only 12.56% disagreed with the idea, saying that they want to see continuity of work without disruptions; and, the rest were uncertain or had no comment. Most or 45.12% of those who want to see a cabinet reshuffle said the present cabinet has underperformed; 30.80% said some cabinet ministers are not qualified for their jobs; 28.56% said some ministers are inexperienced; 28.08% said a reshuffle will help improve the government's image; and, 15.84% said a reshuffle will allow a rotation of work among cabinet ministers. The first five ministries which the respondents said they want to see changes are the Agricultural and Cooperatives Ministry (18.40%), the Commerce Ministry (9.04%), the Education Ministry (9.04%), the Interior Ministry (6.88%) and the Finance Ministry (5.28%).

Source: Bangkok Post July 23, 2017 03:00 UTC