Stay calm, PM tells ministers
 The Nation
November 30 , 2005 - Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday instructed his Cabinet members to stay calm amid the rising political temperature.
The PM told government ministers attending their weekly meeting “not to panic or overreact”, government spokesman Surapong Suebwonglee said.
Thaksin was quoted as saying that Cabinet members should explain facts about their performance and their ministries’ achievements, as well as working hard.
Ministers should also be aware that in a democracy, differing viewpoints are not unusual and are generally acceptable, the spokesman quoted the premier as saying.
The PM also repeated what he told the Cabinet during the weekly meeting of the ruling Thai Rak Thai Party later yesterday, according to Surapong. Thaksin said party MPs should stop countering criticism and instead “focus on doing constructive work”.
Thaksin himself has adopted a similar strategy. He refused to give interviews to the media, saying the current period is not astrologically auspicious for him to do so. Political observers, however, view his move as a tactic to avoid answering difficult questions over a range of controversies |
