Govt 'favours family over country'
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Chinnaworn Boonyakiat, a Democrat MP from Nakhon Si Thammarat, spoke against the Prime Minister in the censure debate against the government Tuesday.
He said that the government had no legitimacy to rule because it did not fulfil its promises and favoured a single family rather than the country.
Chinnaworn said that the government failed to fulfil its election pledge to lower living costs for Thai people. He gave the example of the rise in fuel prices and increased cost from the Bt300 minimum wage scheme. Only products such as corn and rubber had got cheaper, he said.
The MP said the PM was not scrutinised for allegedly failing to take responsibility and attend important parliamentary sessions. He raised the example of the 2011 floods, when the PM was not present at a meeting because she was visiting another country.
The PM was accused of giving favours to her backers or people close to her by promoting them to be ministers. Chinnaworn listed five people as examples, including Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal, Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt and Deputy Finance Minister Benja Louicharoen.
Finally, Chinnaworn added that Yingluck was not a capable prime minister because she was a “puppet” of her brother Thaksin Shinawatra.
