Govt wants to oversee military line-up: Sumet

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012
Govt wants to oversee military line-up: Sumet

The next military reshuffle will be a litmus test for the ties between the top brass and the government, Air Chief Marshal Sumet Photimanee said on Wednesday.

“I believe the Defence Ministry Administration Act will have to be amended, paving way for the political supervision of the military appointments,” Sumet said.
Sumet, Airports of Thailand board chairman and a close ally of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was commenting on the new Cabinet line-up which Air Chief Marshal Sukumpol Suwanatat is poised to become the defence minister.
The Nation