Interior allowed by law to deal with Bangkok Governor
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Sukhumbhand Paribatra if he does not cooperate with the government's policy to prevent a repeat of flooding, Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit said Thursday.
Yongyuth insisted that the interior minister is authorised to sack the governor of Bangkok, which is a special administrative zone. However, he insisted he did not want to go that far because it would be a severe measure and he is hoping that the governor, a former Democrat MP, will cooperate with the government in preventing the floods.
Last year, many central and northern provinces including Bangkok suffered from massive inundation as a result of water mismanagement and heavy rains. The government has thus announced preparations to prevent a repeat of flooding this year, which includes the salvaging of waterways.
During the flooding, both the government and the Bangkok authority publicly aired their conflict over the handling of the flood crisis, which added to the chaos.
