Phalang Pracharat MPs in regions demand that party allocate them Cabinet seats

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Phalang Pracharat MPs in regions demand that party allocate them Cabinet seats

By The Nation

 

 

Phalang Pracharat members of Parliament in the regions are putting pressure on the party, demanding that it allocate ministerial posts for them.

 

Ekarat Changlao, Phalang Pracharat party-list MP and chairman of the party’s strategic committee in the Northeast, yesterday threatened to review collaboration with the party if MPs from the region failed to get any ministerial seats in the Cabinet.

 

The group last week held a press conference to voice disappointment about the party’s failing to allocate ministerial seats for its northeastern MPs.

As key party leaders have yet to give them answers, the group will meet today to discuss its stance, Ekarat said.

 

“Phuyai [seniors] in the party overlook our group. If we don’t have our [group] members to become ministers or deputy ministers, we won’t be able to drive or deliver policies we had campaigned for in the last election,” he explained.

 

Meanwhile, Niphan Sirithorn, Phalang Pracharat MP from Trang province, yesterday also called for the party to allocate ministerial seats to his group in the South.

 

In the general election, Phalang Pracharat won 13 seats in the South, which had previously been a Democrat Party stronghold. 

 

The group said they still supported Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha, but insisted that representatives from all regions should be appointed ministers in the Cabinet.

 

It said voters in the South had voted for Phalang Pracharat’s candidates because they believed the party would help them to solve the low prices of rubber and oil palm.

 

“The party should know how important we are,” Niphan said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30371258

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-06-18

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[Thaiwrath]

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

“Phuyai [seniors] in the party overlook our group. If we don’t have our [group] members to become ministers or deputy ministers, we won’t be able to"....................................................

 

 

Good to see them fighting amongst themselves so early !

 

[RichardColeman]

I'm sure when he's losing  some  - or looks like he may lose some - votes on his plans then he'll let them in at the expense of those not supporting him

[Oziex1]

The North Eastern turn coats getting a dose of reality. 

Blinded by the thought of a place at the trough.

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

“The party should know how important we are,” Niphan said.

Reminds me of: "Do you know who I am?", or "Do you know who my father is?" syndrome.

[geoffbezoz]

Prayuth obviously didn't reckon on the the size of the trough he is going to need in the  newJunta sty.

[YetAnother]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

“The party should know how important we are,” Niphan said.

any intelligence to go along with such unbridled arrogance ?

[bluesofa]

6 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

2 hours ago, webfact said:

“The party should know how important we are,” Niphan said.

any intelligence to go along with such unbridled arrogance ?

Just the usual sense of self-impotence importance.

[colinneil]

You want your place at the trough, well then better get your EXTRA large envelopes ready and fill them to overflowing, because that is the only way you will get your demands fulfilled.

[cornishcarlos]

2 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Reminds me of: "Do you know who I am?", or "Do you know who my father is?" syndrome.

 

Ronnie Pickering...

[BigBadGeordie]

Simple solution, just make ALL of the MPs Deputy Prime Ministers.

 

Not as if it's going to destroy the governments credibility is it.

[Lungstib]

5 years to put together this unworkable alliance that demands it place in high positions. Did no-one foresee that old style politicians that you can buy are not the type who remain loyal in a tight situation? Prayuth has delivered what I thought to be impossible; he has gathered the worst of the two extreme political systems and created a monster far nastier than anything we have seen before.

[yellowboat]

Those who have scuttled liberty and participatory government now want reward for their treachery.   A subject used in many cartoons to teach children ethics.  These children missed those cartoons. 

[holy cow cm]

Is there a tinge of mutiny in the air? Let the games begin!

[neeray]

Let the infighting begin.

 

Can't organize a party ( granted, a big coalition party), then how the xxxx do you expect to run a country?

[Eric Loh]

Like Frankenstein with body parts from corpse and scoundrels stitched together, PPRP will wobble and die when all the body parts start rejecting and fall apart. PPRP is a one term political party; a one hit wonder. 

[sammieuk1]

You put your left hand out your right pocket in in out in out and shake it all about ????

[klauskunkel]

How to self-deflate:

"Three!... Two!... One!...Everybody: PULLLL!!!"

... Implosion

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Phalang Pracharat members of Parliament in the regions are putting pressure on the party, demanding that it allocate ministerial posts for them.

Falling out over the allocation of the spoils of war is nothing new.

They don't give a damn about the people or the country, just status, position & self enrichment!

[IssanMichael]

5 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

Ronnie Pickering...

WHO?

[cornishcarlos]

32 minutes ago, IssanMichael said:

WHO?

 

RONNIE %^$#&* PICKERING

[chama]

15 hours ago, webfact said:

“Phuyai [seniors] in the party overlook our group. If we don’t have our [group] members to become ministers or deputy ministers, we won’t be able to drive or deliver policies we had campaigned for in the last election,” he explained.

It would be nice if the real reason for their discontent was that they want to deliver on their promises but it would not be surprising if the real concern was trough position. This is just another indication that holding the coalition that gave Big P the win could be very difficult (impossible) to hold together.

[pornprong]

It just seems utterly impossible that there can ever be another election under the current constitution.

 

The Democrat and BJT party's, who both campaigned on "no more Prayuth" and then promptly joined him post vote, are going to get slaughtered - the bulk of their 103 seats......gone. Add to this, regional infighting amongst PPRP's, 19 seats in the north and 13 in the south - another 32 seats....gone.

 

Despite heavy cheating before and after the vote by the incumbents, the current opposition coalition sit just 5 votes away from a majority in the house.

 

Given that next time around:

 

1. PT will have a new sister party to replace the disbanded TRC (and probably a lot of aligned small party's to soak up party list list)

2. The system for calculating Party list seats is now set - all party's can adjust accordingly (see above)

3. The opposition will be able to campaign from now until the election without the restrictions previously in place (you can't ban Thaksin/Yingluck calendars and coffee mugs in a democracy).

4. Everyone is now aware of the type of election cheating to look out for, much harder to do second time round.

5. Future Forward can only grow now that it has a base and is being subject to excessive unfairness

6. Everything that goes wrong from now on, every single scandal, will be blamed on the junta......"you've had x number of years in charge" - no excuses.

7. There will be an alternative to the Democrat Party set up, perhaps with Abhisit at the helm.

8. The infighting amongst PPRP coalition members will only grow, it's already high and they haven't even begun governing

 

Cannot see another election being allowed.

It would be a landslide of epic proportions.

 

If the junta are to be removed, it will be in some sort of negotiated fashion whereby the result is they are not really removed.............then what?

[mmushr00m]

Reads more and more like Animal Farm everyday.

I really need to thank the PM for recommending that book.

[ocddave]

Someone forgot to tell them (see below). ????

[bluesofa]

5 hours ago, mmushr00m said:

Reads more and more like Animal Farm everyday.

I really need to thank the PM for recommending that book.

It jogged my memory too, and I ended up watching the 1954 cartoon version paid for by the CIA.

 

[YetAnother]

On 6/18/2019 at 3:04 AM, webfact said:

If we don’t have our [group] members to become ministers or deputy ministers,

simple , just create more deputy minister 'jobs'

[BuckBee]

amount of money all these ministers going be sucking out the government funds going make the rice pledging figures look like a cheap MK restaurant bill ...

If this junta coalition last the full term the financial losses will be breathtaking ...