No cabinet reshuffle anytime soon: DPM

There is no sign of an impending cabinet reshuffle from Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who has the final say on the matter, says Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai.

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Mr Phumtham, a member of the ruling Pheu Thai Party and the second-most powerful cabi-net minister in the govern-ment, said he has not heard Ms Paetongtarn complain about the current ministe-rial lineup.

Mr Phumtham was responding to growing reshuffle speculation in which he would forego the defence portfolio and go back to serving as com-merce minister, a post he previously held under the Srettha Thavisin administration.

It was reported that some politicians who served in the Srettha government, such as Sutin Klungsang, who occupied the defence minister post, may also return in the next shakeup.