PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha has decided on his reshuffle of ministers and confirmed yesterday that he would not take the Defence portfolio in the new Cabinet. Prayut said his military senior classmates Deputy PM and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan and Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda, and his close friend Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister General Chatchai Sarikulya, would remain in the Cabinet. “Please end all this Cabinet [speculation] today,” Prayut said yesterday. Prayut yesterday clarified on some of the changes after revealing earlier this month that the three-year-old government would |go through its fourth Cabinet reshuffle. General Prawit WongsuwanLocal media have reported that Prawit might lose his defence post due to his frail health.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 17, 2017 18:00 UTC