There have not been any talks yet in the Pheu Thai Party about potential candidates for various cabinet posts, Yingluck Shinawatra said before attending a meeting of core party members on Tuesday.
The Pheu Thai's prime ministerial candidate said everyone would have to wait for the official election results to be announced by the Election Commission.Each of the five political parties set to be in the coalition also had to discuss this matter internally.
She denied a party quota had been set at the ratio of 10 MPs for a cabinet post.
Ms Yingluck said she was not worried about reports of infighting in Pheu Thai for cabinet posts. The matter would finally be settled.
There had also been no talks about appointing red-shirt leaders to the cabinet.
Members of her cabinet must have the qualifications needed for their responsibilities. The positions were open to both insiders and outsiders.
The overall image of the cabinet must be the best, Ms Yingluck said.
Ms Yingluck reiterated that the Pheu Thai Party does not have a policy to grant amnesty solely to her elder brother and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
First of all, the Truth for Reconciliation Commission chaired by Kanit na Nakorn should be allowed to carry out its work independently toward reconciliation.
The government's first task would be to forge unity and reconciliation, not to take revenge against anyone or right any wrongs, she said.
Party sources said today's meeting of the Pheu Thai Party was likely to formulate strategies to implement policies presented to the public during the election campaigning.
The party might also discuss candidates for cabinet posts, the sources said.
The sources also said Olarn Chaiprawat, a former deputy prime minister in the Somchai Wongsawat government, would likely to be made leader of the economic team of the coalition government.
Pichai Naripthapan, former deputy finance minister of the Samak Sundaravej government, would probably be named energy minister.
Other possible members of the new cabinet lineup included -- Kanawat Wasinsangworn, former assistant to the minister of information and communications technology, as the ICT minister; former transport minister Santi Prompat was likely to take up his former job.
Former finance minister Suchart Thadathamrongvej was also expected to return to his former position, and Pheu Thai deputy leader Surapong Towichakchaikul would likely be deputy minister of finance.
Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA) chairman Charoen Wangananon said he wants the new tourism and sports minister to have a good understanding of the tourism industry, to help upgrade the country’s tourism sector.
Chartthaipattana de facto leader Banharn Silpa-archa said his party would like the same portfolios it controlled in the Abhisit administration, especially the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, in Pheu Thai-led government.
He referred to a project of the Irrigation Department to solve erosion on mountainsides in the North and the South. He said outgoing Agriculture Minister Theera Wongsamut of Chartthaipattana was working on it.Mr Banharn also mentioned the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, but he said the Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party and the Phalang Chon Party also had suitable people for the ministry.
They had yet to discuss the issue, Mr Banharn said, but he thought it would be easy to talk with Sonthaya Khunpluem, the key figure of the Phalang Chon Party.
Mr Banharn, who is still banned from politics for electoral fraud by his disbanded Chart Thai Party, said the management of the Chartthaipattana Party will discuss its preferred cabinet portfolios tomorrow morning.
He expected no problems from the allocation of portfolios among five coalition partners, and was also confident of the stability of the new governmnent with their 299 votes in the House.
The former prime minister said his party does not want a deputy House speaker's seat, or a second deputy minister's seat.
Outgoing Prime Minister and Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said that prime minister-to-be Yingluck should form the new government as soon as possible.
Mr Abhisit said he was glad to learn that the Pheu Thai Party would allow the independent fact finding and national reconciliation committee, chaired by Kanit na Nakhon, to continue working.
The panel was set up by Mr Abhisit to find out the facts about the bloodshed during the crackdown on the anti-government protesters in last April and May. A total of 91 people - red-shirt protesters, soldiers, a policeman and innocent civilians - were killed and more than 2,000 injured in the political unrest.
Mr Abhisit said Ms Yingluck should act as the prime minister of all Thai people, not only for her brother Thaksin.
The Democrat leader suggested that Pheu Thai should give top priority to solving the country’s economic problems, rather than focusing on amnesty for Thaksin.
Meanwhile, Rak Thailand leader Chuwit Kamolvisit said his party would closely examine the qualifications of each minister in the next cabinet line-up after he becomes an opposition MP.
The former massage parlour tycoon, whose party won four list seats in the July 3 general election, said the selection of the next cabinet should be based on the candidates' skills and capabilities, instead of the traditional quota system.
"If the quota system is used, I'll examine each minister one by one, especially those who will be in charge of the Energy Ministry from Chart Pattana Puea Pandin and the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry from Chartthaipattana.
"I believe the opposition led by the Democrat Party will perform well and the new cabinet might not last six months," said Mr Chuwit, who went to the Democrat Party headquarters today to seek advice on working as an opposition party from chief adviser Chuan Leekpai.
