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Wissanu insists PM completed oath-taking statement as required

Wissanu insists PM completed oath-taking statement as required

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has completed the oath-taking statement to the King as required by the constitution, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam insisted on Wednesday.

Wissanu was responding to an allegation by Future Forward Party secretary general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul that Prayut failed to vow to protect and observe every provision of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand when was sworn in to the post of the prime minister on July 16.
Piyabutr raised the allegation last week when he sought permission to speak before Prayut kicked off the policy debate. Piyabutr said the prime minister was unqualified to deliver his policy statement to the Parliament because he failed to utter the required sentence when he took the oath.
But Prayut responded before the policy debate that the video clip cited by Piyabutr was edited to take out the party and insisted he had completely made the oath as required by the charter.
Wissanu said that since the prime minister insisted he had properly made the oath, he believes the oath taking was completed.
The deputy prime minister said it would be up to the opposition whether it would seek an investigation against Prayut over the issue.

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