Rumours spread Samak will announce resignation Thursday morning
September 3rd, 2008 by admin
Rumours spread Samak will announce resignation Thursday morning
Rumours had it throughout the day that Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej was granted an audience with His Majesty the King to inform His Majesty of his intention to resign.
The rumours said Samak had booked time slot of Radio Thailand at 7:30 am to announce his resignation.
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Foreign Minister Tej quits
BANGKOK: — Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag has tendered his resignation from Samak government, just 40 days after taking the office.
His reported resignation came a few days after his secretary, Poksak Nilubon, former ambassador to Sweden, resigned, saying he could not serve Samak Government.
The sources said Tej, former permanent secretary for foreign affairs, reasoned his resignation that his wife, Pensri, is sick.
Tej has been appointed to the position on July 27 particularly to handle the Thai-Cambodia dispute on Preah Vihear Temple.
It is still unclear why he wished to resign.
Tej is scheduled to visit Vietnam on September 10 and Indonesia from September 16 - 18.
Tej, 65, was the second foreign minister, under Samak Government.
CAT Telecom union postpones cutting overseas circuit until Thursday
BANGKOK: — Thailand’s CAT Telecom labour union which earlier planned to cut the country international circuit telecommunications gateway Wednesday afternoon in support of the demonstrators demanding for the ouster of the coalition government has postponed the decision until 9am Thursday.
The CAT Telecom labour union had said it would make a decision Wednesday afternoon whether or not to cut the international circuit telecommunication or gateway. Disconnecting the gateway would affect access to the Internet and international telephone services as well as financial transactions.
Speaking to TNA, Somboon Sapsarn, president of the CAT Telecom labour union, said union members had decided to postpone the decision.
Although a full work stoppage at CAT Telecom has not begun, about 40 per cent of the agency’s 5,600 employees nationwide already took a day off on Wednesday. It is expected that more would join on Thursday.
The firm’s operations on Wednesday did not disrupt its services to the public because most of those who were absent were in administration.
Meanwhile, CAT deputy managing director Marut Buranasettakul told TNA that the company’s labour union had no authority to cut the international circuit telecommunication gateway.
Only senior executives of the company could do it, said Mr. Marut, adding that services at the company continued normally as of now. Representatives of the labour union were invited for talks with senior executives and were told that work disruption would greatly affect public users, said Mr. Marut.