Prime Minister Prayut's new song & apologizes to Yingluck

Song by PM to inspire people to work together to make bridge from past conflicts to national reform.

MUSIC & APOLOGIES 

PM Prayut releases new song & apologizes to Yingluck 

4/01/2017

Online Reporters

Prime Minister Prayut told reporters before chairing the first cabinet meeting of the year on Wednesday that he had composed a new song called Sa-parn (bridge) as an inspiration for his cabinet and everyone in the country.

Sa-parn is the fourth song written by the chief of the military regime.

His first, a patriotic ballad - Khuen Kwam Suk Hai Prathet Thai (Return Happiness ToThailand) - is the theme song of his National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).

BRIDGE OVER PAST CONFLICT TO NATIONAL REFORM  

The song was intended to inspire cabinet members, government officials and the people to work together, as a bridge to cross over past conflict and problems to national reform.

“The prime minister wants to boost everyone’s morale and use this song as a reminder and steer the country to Thailand 4.0 [development policy],“ Government spokesman Lt. Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said. 

APOLOGIES TO YINGLUCK 

The Prime Minister also apologised to Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday after she complained of being followed by plainclothes officers.

Speaking after the cabinet meeting, Gen Prayut said the officers who were following the former prime minister had been assigned to ensure her safety. 

The Prime Minister begged Yingluck "not to whine".

There must be people assigned to take care of her, he said, because if something bad happened to her she would blame the government for not looking after her.

ORDERS NOT TO TAKE SO MANY PHOTOS OF YINGLUCK 

“But I have told them not to take so many pictures."

"I want to apologise [to Ms Yingluck] for this,” Gen Prayut said.

Gen Prayut’s comments came after Ms Yingluck complained about being followed by plainclothes police while she spent the New Year holiday with her son in Pai district of Mae Hong Son province. 

"I never thought I would be closely followed by plainclothes police and the authorities, who also checked on the shops and places I visited," Ms Yingluck wrote on her Facebook page on Tuesday.

"Government resources should be better spent on looking after the people, not on following me," she wrote.

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Music video of Sa-parn uploaded on Jan 3 by Youtube user sakooclub

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