There will be only four changes in the new cabinet line-up and the reshuffle should be completed by the end of this week, Prime Minister and Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Tuesday.
Mr Abhisit said Interior Minister and Bhumjaithai Party leader Chavarat Charnvirakul told him at the cabinet meeting that he will need about two more days to find the right person to succeed Manit Nopamornbodee as the new deputy public health minister.
Mr Manit resigned as deputy public health minister on Sunday to take political responsibility for alleged irregularities in the ministry's projects financed by the government's 86-billion-baht economic stimulus scheme, but claimed he was not involved in the scandal.
"It is up to the Bhumjaithai Party [to nominate Mr Manit's successor] and I do not want to comment on this issue," the prime minister said.
On the decision to have Education Minister Jurin Laksanawisit take over the public health minister's post following the resignation of Witthaya Kaewparadai, Mr Abhisit said he was confident Mr Jurin could solve the problems in the Public Health Ministry. He also believed government chief whip Chinnaworn Boonyakiat can lead the Education Ministry without any problems.
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