From: ssg9328@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Samart Srijumnong)
Subject: Boonchu defends Chuan (fwd)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 03:14:23 GMT
Keywords: Thai politics


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Subject: Bangkok Post Nov 24: Boonchu defends Chuan
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PRIME Minister Chuan Leekpai needs to sort out which of the many 
problems coming his way need his personal attention, according to 
Deputy Prime Minister Boonchu Rojanasatien yesterday.
 
Mr Boonchu, a Palang Dharma MP, said he thought Mr Chuan would 
adjust to the premiership but the problem now was that everything 
was ending up on his doorstep.
 
The deputy premier said this was not right and the problems should 
be delegated.
 
"I am still confident in the Prime Minister and do not see that he 
has done anything wrong," he said.
 
The Opposition has mooted the possibility of launching a 
no-confidence motion against the Government and has criticised Mr 
Chuan for lacking the charisma and clout to succeed in the 
premiership.
 
Mr Boonchu said the Opposition had the right to submit a censure 
motion, but he did not know how they were weighing the individual 
points of the motion. 
 
The Opposition has said it could censure the Government over the 
manipulation of the stock market, the murder of a prostitute at 
the Songkhla provincial hall and border problems.
 
The Opposition has also said the Government has nothing to show 
for its time in office, but Mr Boonchu asked how this could be 
measured and what the Opposition wanted of the Government after 
only two months in office.
 
The Deputy Prime Minister said he was personally dissatisfied with 
the results the Government has achieved so far but this was 
because of the many obstacles. He refused to elaborate however, 
saying he might be accused of making excuses.
 
He said it was up to the people to say if they had lost faith in 
the Government.
 
He also said he did not accept the criticism that there was 
disunity in the Government.
 
"You can only say this on an issue-by-issue basis."
 
Prime Minister Chuan reportedly issued a warning to cabinet 
members not to make divisive comments, but Mr Boonchu said he had 
never received a warning but those who had been outspoken may have 
been warned.
 
He denied that his Palang Dharma Party was at the centre of 
coalition conflicts, claiming it had always performed its role 
correctly. 
 
He said Palang Dharma was not insisting in having elections for 
provincial governors and so could not be said to be defying 
government policy.
 
Individual members of the party, including de facto leader Maj-Gen 
Chamlong Srimuang, may have expressed  personal opinions, he said, 
but the party has not yet adopted a formal position on the issue.
 
Mr Boonchu said Maj-Gen Chamlong had never demanded a portfolio 
should there be a cabinet reshuffle.
 
He said there was no need for a reshuffle since there had been no 
wrongdoings and all the ministers were doing their work well.

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