Coalition partners mull cabinet horse trading
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published : 9 Mar 2021 at 20:22
4 Public Health Minister Anutin Charnviraul speaks on March 1 as AraZeneca jabs arrive at the Department of Disease Control. Mr Anutin is the leader of the Bhujmaithai Party. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
The Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul has not ruled out swapping some ministerial posts with its Democrat Party coalition partner in the much-anticipated upcoming reshuffle.
Mr Anutin, also concurrently deputy prime minister and public health minister, admitted on Tuesday that post-swapping had crossed his mind.
His comment came after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha disclosed that the ruling Palang Pracharath Prty (PPRP) had handed him its list of proposed cabinet ministers for the reshuffle. Bhumjaithai and the Democrats have not yet submitted theirs.