Suriya" counters "Thirayut" for being irrational, bringing up old issues to file a complaint with the Constitutional Court, not worried, sees no issues that would cause problems. Mr. Suriya Juangroongruangkit, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, gave an interview regarding the case where Mr. Thirayuth Suwannakasorn filed a petition to the Constitutional Court to order Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra, former Prime Minister and Pheu Thai Party to stop the actions leading to the overthrow of the democratic regime with the King as Head of State according to Article 49. How is Pheu Thai Party prepared to deal with it? He said that he thinks that Pheu Thai Party can answer every issue without any problems. As for whether he is confident that there will be no problems like the Move Forward Party being ordered to be dissolved, Mr. Suriya said that he is confident that there will be no problems. They are different cases. When asked again whether academics and legal teams see that the 6 issues submitted are simi lar to the Move Forward Party, Mr. Suriya said that those who have looked at and skimmed through the submissions have found that some people say that the submissions are very messy. When asked if the Pheu Thai Party would set up a working group to defend the case, Mr. Suriya said no. When asked again whether the Pheu Thai Party would have to come out and clarify every issue, Mr. Suriya reiterated, 'There is no problem because I think there are no issues with the matters that have been submitted .' As for whether the government will discuss this issue, Mr. Suriya said, 'No. ' As for whether he saw any political implications of this matter, Mr. Suriya said that he thought that every issue submitted was old and that he was trying to make it a political issue. He wanted to pick up old issues that had been going on for 10 years and bring them up to shock people. However, if he looked into the details, he would know that they were all old issues and that Mr. Thaksin had not interfered in any way. When asked whe ther this was due to resentment by some political parties, Mr. Suriya declined to answer the question. As for whether some political parties are behind it, Mr. Suriya said, 'I would rather not say .' When asked whether the MOU on the overlapping area between Thailand and Cambodia in 2001 would continue, Mr. Suriya said that this matter would have to be looked at to see how the Ministry of Foreign Affairs considered it, and that this matter had a very different context. Previously, he was the Minister of Industry in 2002 and had followed up on the gas drilling, but at the moment the price of oil was quite high. If there was a negotiation to share the benefits, both parties would be able to reduce the cost of energy. Source: Thai News Agency
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