Monthly mobile Cabinet meetings will now be the norm
From now on, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha will hold a mobile Cabinet meeting in the provinces at least once a month with the aim of covering all six regions of the country, Government Spokesperson Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said on Tuesday.
The Cabinet’s next trip on September 18-19 will focus on the central region, spending a day each in Suphan Buri and Ayutthaya respectively, Sansern said.
The Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board has been surveying the two provinces to see which of their various problems the Cabinet should focus on, the spokesperson said.
Other Cabinet members will also make field visits to other provinces in the central region prior to or after the upcoming mobile Cabinet meeting, he added.
Prayut recently held a mobile Cabinet meeting on August 21-22 in Nakhon Ratchasima, highlighting local economic development and infrastructure projects in northeastern provinces.
On that trip, besides from meetings, the PM also seemed to enjoy chatting with the locals, riding farmers’ trucks – and even talking to farm animals.