Bangkok Post, May 17, 2012
Members of House No 111, former executives of
Thai Rak Thai, are known for their abilities and they will be invited to
work for the government when the time is right, Prime Minister
Yingluck Shinawatra said on Thursday.
About one half of the banned former executives of the dissolved Thai Rak Thai party, whose five-year political ban expires on May 30, have indicated they intend to join the ruling Pheu Thai Party and want to help the government, she said.
(Three of the 111 executive members banned from active politics five years ago have since died).
Ms Yingluck said she had not yet thought about a cabinet reshuffle because the government would give priority to solving the people's problems, when asked if any of them would be invited to take an advisory role if not to join the cabinet.
The premier said she did not yet know who among them wanted to help and in what fields, although she believes all of them want to help the country.
The government was open to help from anyone, without limitations, not only the members of House No 111.
However, she declined to comment when asked whether there would be changes in the government's economic team.
Pheu Thai spokesman Prompong Nopparit said all Pheu Thai MPs wanted fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Ms Yingluck’s elder brother, to also register as a member of the party.
"Pheu Thai is pleased that the members of House No 111 will return to politics and make the party even stronger," Mr Prompong said.
"There are no conflicts between Pheu Thai ministers and MPs and I'm confident that the return of the House No 111 members will strengthen the government's stability and help it serve out its four-year term."
When reporters asked if Thaksin would send his party registration form from abroad on May 31, the spokesman said he did not know.
But "every Pheu Thai MP loves Thaksin and wants him to become a member of their party and raise the party's morale", he said
Former Pheu Thai advisory chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said he supported the idea of House No 111 members returning to the political arena.
"House No 111 members are well experienced in politics and capable, but we have to give them the right job and the right task so they can help bring benefits to the country," said the former prime minister.
Gen Chavalit also suggested the government set up a national operations command centre, under the prime minister's direct control. The centre would enable the premier to obtain accurate, prompt information, he said.
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