Thailand will have new government next week, PM says

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Saturday that he expected the country to have a new government next week, with a list of new Cabinet members to be submitted for royal endorsement on Monday.



The new government will move quickly to deliver a policy statement to parliament so it can begin its work, Anutin told a press conference.



The policy statement is expected to take place around Apr 7-9, and will be mostly based on the election promises of Anutin's Bhumjaithai Party, including the next phase of a consumer subsidy scheme.



Anutin also apologised to the public for the turmoil caused by the way oil prices have been managed in the first half of March.



The government initially held prices steady for 15 days to try to ease the burden on the public, but as the war in the Middle East dragged on, it was necessary to adopt more appropriate measures to mitigate the impact.