Pakornwut’ reveals that the Democrat Party has not yet been invited to join the government, recommends that we should wait for the facts before making a decision, confirms that the opposition will move forward without any problems.
Mr. Pakornwut Udompipatsakul, acting chief whip of the opposition, gave an interview about the rumor that the Democrat Party will join the government. Will it affect the work of the opposition? He said that a moment ago, he spoke with a representative from the Democrat Party who attended the opposition meeting. He said that Mr. Chalermchai Sri-on, the leader of the Democrat Party, had already informed that there was no invitation to join the government. Therefore, there is no official process yet. The Democrat Party has not yet arranged a meeting to discuss this matter. Therefore, he thinks that we should wait for the facts to make a decision. However, if in the future the Democrat Party really joins the government, there will be no problem in the work of the opposition parties b
ecause we must move forward. There is no problem.
When asked if the Palang Pracharath Party is to be divided into two parts, with Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan, the leader of the Palang Pracharath Party, having to become the opposition, how should the Prachachon Party prepare? Mr. Pakornwut said that if there is an incident of 1 party, 2 systems, he is not sure about the process of whether it can be counted as an opposition party or not. Because no matter which group or party wishes to work as an opposition party, we are open to all parties. There may be a need to discuss the work to see which issues can go together and what to do. Because normally, he has always insisted that the status of the opposition party is that it is a party that is not invited to join the government. Therefore, it is not necessary to agree on everything. In the past, he has done that. In any matter that he sees that some parties may have different opinions, he will not ask for a resolution from the opposition party officially. It will be a
discussion between each party, except for important agendas such as the no-confidence debate, which requires the resolution of the opposition party as the main principle.
When asked about the process of forming a government this time, it seems like the People’s Party will be left as the sole opposition party, Mr. Pakornwut said, “No, because in the past, we’ve seen it before. There might be a situation where there is almost only one opposition party. At the moment, there are still the Serm Tham Party and the Thai Kao Na Party as the opposition. As for the Thai Sang Thai Party, it also confirmed that in the future, it still wants to work with the opposition and has no intention of joining the government. As for the future, we’ll have to wait and see.”
Source: Thai News Agency