By The Nation on Sunday
Published on August 7, 2011
The royal endorsement of Yingluck Shinawatra as prime minister will take place tomorrow afternoon, according to House of Representatives' secretary-general Pithoon Poomhirun.
Pithoon said there was confusion on Friday over the time and date of the royal appointment, as Yingluck, Pheu Thai MPs and the media waited for news from the Royal Household Bureau, which needed to inform the House Speaker.
Yesterday morning, the bureau announced that HM the King would sign the proclamation at the Chalerm Prakiat Building at 5.30pm tomorrow with the House Speaker in attendance. The secretary of the House of Representatives will then relay the document to Yingluck, who will receive it and pay her respects to a portrait of the King at the Pheu Thai headquarters on New Phetchaburi Road.
On Friday evening, Pheu Thai officials mistakenly prepared a ceremony to accept the royal command at the party's headquarters on New Phetchaburi Road.
Once the House selection of the prime minister is completed and the House speaker reports the choice to HM the King, the Royal Household Bureau will fix the date for the House speaker to have an audience.
Caretaker PM Abhisit Vejjajiva, meanwhile, played down the delay on Friday which led to dissatisfaction among red-shirts who support the new PM and Pheu Thai. He said there was nothing unusual about the process and had nothing to do with the outgoing administration, adding that it was possible some things had been handled differently this time. Abhisit said people who blamed his government for "deferment" of the royal endorsement were speaking irresponsibly.
Meanwhile, Cambodian Premier Hun Sen said during a Cabinet meeting that he believed the border dispute with Thailand would lessen under a Pheu Thai government and that both nations would seek peace in the area. Hun Sen expressed confidence in forging good and friendly relations between the two nations. He had sent a note of congratulations to Yingluck.
Pithoon said there was confusion on Friday over the time and date of the royal appointment, as Yingluck, Pheu Thai MPs and the media waited for news from the Royal Household Bureau, which needed to inform the House Speaker.
Yesterday morning, the bureau announced that HM the King would sign the proclamation at the Chalerm Prakiat Building at 5.30pm tomorrow with the House Speaker in attendance. The secretary of the House of Representatives will then relay the document to Yingluck, who will receive it and pay her respects to a portrait of the King at the Pheu Thai headquarters on New Phetchaburi Road.
On Friday evening, Pheu Thai officials mistakenly prepared a ceremony to accept the royal command at the party's headquarters on New Phetchaburi Road.
Once the House selection of the prime minister is completed and the House speaker reports the choice to HM the King, the Royal Household Bureau will fix the date for the House speaker to have an audience.
Caretaker PM Abhisit Vejjajiva, meanwhile, played down the delay on Friday which led to dissatisfaction among red-shirts who support the new PM and Pheu Thai. He said there was nothing unusual about the process and had nothing to do with the outgoing administration, adding that it was possible some things had been handled differently this time. Abhisit said people who blamed his government for "deferment" of the royal endorsement were speaking irresponsibly.
Meanwhile, Cambodian Premier Hun Sen said during a Cabinet meeting that he believed the border dispute with Thailand would lessen under a Pheu Thai government and that both nations would seek peace in the area. Hun Sen expressed confidence in forging good and friendly relations between the two nations. He had sent a note of congratulations to Yingluck.
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