Bhumjaithai’s Anutin open to Cabinet reshuffle
Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is willing to accept a reshuffle of the Cabinet, though Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has so far not spoken a word on the matter.
The Bhumjaithai party leader said on Friday (June 19) that he was not so concerned about an adjustment of ministers’ seats since any such decision was up to the premier.
When reporters also asked him about moves by other parties to propose their members as new ministers, Anutin reacted with a big laugh.
“No problem,” he said before leaving to attend to the Cabinet meeting.
Factions within the core coalition Palang Pracharat Party are thought to be fighting for control over the most lucrative seats in Cabinet after a Bt1.9-trillion stimulus package was launched by the government.
Bhumjaithai benefited when nine MPs from the dissolved Future Forward Party joined its ranks in February, theoretically increasing the party’s bargaining power for Cabinet seats.