Prayut to merge panels to streamline reform agendas
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PRIME Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha Tuesday said he would order the merging of the Strategic Reform Steering Committee under the National Council for Peace and Order and the government's committee into a new body to more effectively facilitate reform
The new body, which would likely be called the Reform and Steering Committee, would be charged with regrouping and implementing current reform agendas.
The prime minister made it clear that the committee would work on what can be done within the next two years, while other more challenging issues such as infrastructure and water management would be addressed by the long-term strategic plan later on.
“We cannot accomplish everything because there are a lot of things that need to be done here, but we will do what we can and do it as fast as we can, within 2017,” Prayut said.
Under the revamped plan, eight working groups or sub committees would keep the reform process on track, with three of them being led by Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan.
