The Cabinet met on Tuesday, June 27, 2018, at the Government House. Some of the resolutions are as follows:
The cabinet approved in principle the draft Act on Office of the Constitutional Court (No….), B.E…., as proposed by the Constitutinal Court, and ordered for it to be forwarded to Office of Council of State before being submitted to National Legislative Assembly for its deliberation.
The Act stipulates Secretary-General of the Office of the Constitutional Court as the agency head, and has authority over government officials and staff of the Office of the Constitutional Court. Deputy Secretary-General can also act as assistant and has authority on the agency’s operation.
The cabinet approved the proposal of Policy Committee for Revolving Fund Management on setting up of revolving funds, as Minister of Finance (chair of the Policy Committee for Revolving Fund Management). Gist is as follows:
1. Approved in principle the setup of State Enterprise Policy Office’s venture capital fund between private and public sectors
2. Disapproved of the setup of Office of Permanent Secretary to Ministry of Culture’s venture capital fund to promote foreign filmmakings in Thailand. The disapproval is based on the fact that there is already an allocated budget to sufficiently support foreign filmmakings in Thailand. Concerned agency (Tourism Department, Ministry of Tourism and Sports) may request for additional allocation of budget should there be a necessity.
The cabinet approved Draft negotiation framework (addendum) for FTA negotiation between Thailand-Pakistan, and Thailand-Turkey as proposed by Ministry of Commerce as guideline for the FTA negotiations between Thailand and the aforementioned two countries.
1. Draft negotiation framework (addendum) for FTA negotiation between Thailand and Pakistan stipulates negotiation goals as:
1) negotiating for the best interests of the nation;
2) taking into account development level, sustainable development principle, immunity, and readiness of domestic laws; and
3) placing importance on Thai production sector which may be impacted by the FTA, and seeking measures to efficiently accommodate the impact.
2. Draft negotiation framework (addendum) for FTA negotiation between Thailand and Turkey covers 11 following issues:
1) trade and services,
2) investment,
3) intellectual properties,
4) competition,
5) e-commerce,
6) public procurement,
7) environment,
8) labor,
9) cooperation,
10) consumer’s protection, and
11) others.
The cabinet approved the proposals made by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon as follows:
1. Approved for Ministry of Defense to draft an Agreement between Thailand’s Ministry of Defense and U.S. Department of Defense on exchange of information in research and development.
2. Approved for Head of the Defence Science and Technology Department as signatory, and for Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue the Full Powers. Signing of the Agreement will be held on July 23, 2018 in Washington D.C., U.S.A.
3. Should there be a change in the detail of the Agreement, without affecting gist of the draft Agreement, Ministry of Defense is authorized to proceed as appropriate.
The cabinet approved the following proposals made by Ministry of Finance:
1. Approved draft Agreement between Kingdom of Thailand and Kingdom of the Netherlands on mutual assistance on customs administration, which is to be signed during the annual meeting of World Customs Organization on June 28-30, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium.
2. Approved for Director-General of the Customs Department to be the signatory, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue the Full Powers for the signing of the draft Agreement.
The draft Agreement between Kingdom of Thailand and Kingdom of the Netherlands on mutual assistance on customs administration is aimed to promotemutual assistance and exchange of information related to customs affairs.
--Cabinet Meeting (Prayut Chan-o-cha) June 27, 2018--