No holiday and not to declare state of emergency on floods

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday dismissed speculation that the government was about to declare a national holiday in order to deal with the floods.

"I don't support the idea of holiday since the government needs the civil servants to work and tackle flood-related issues," she said.

In case of a holiday, there would be no officials to distribute relief supplies to flood victims, she said.

Echoing Yingluck, Interior Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit said the government would neither declare the holiday nor the state of emergency.

The Nation