Sukhumbhand's resignation or sacking not true: Democrats
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The main opposition party has no plans to force Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra to resign in the face of flooding, Democrat MP Rachada Dhnadirek said on Thursday.
“News reports about Sukhumband stepping down are groundless,” she said.
Rachada said there was no justification to pin blame the Bangkok inundation on Sukhumbhand.
Sukhumbhand’s term would end early next year and this might prompt ill-intentioned people trying to undermine his re-election bid, she added.
She said she had checked with Sukhumbhand and Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung about the alleged move to sack the Bangkok governor.
The two had cordial ties and Chalerm denied he pushed the government to fire Sukhumbhand, she said.
Certain Pheu Thai MPs circulated the idea about sacking, she said.
Another Democrat Boonyord Sukthinthai said no Democrats, particularly those Bangkok MPs, cast doubt on Sukhumbhand’s performance on flood control.
Boonyord said he suspected Pheu Thai MPs fabricated the story on Sukhumbhand in order to divert atttention from the government’s botched flood control.
