Elected govt to be in place late next year
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ELECTIONS FOR parliamentarians are expected to be held in October 2015 and a democratically elected government in place late next year, the junta leader said Friday night.
General Prayuth Chan-ocha, chief of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), said a provisional charter would be promulgated next month and a new constitution could be announced by August next year.
When the new constitution is in place, the NCPO’s interim government will spend about three months preparing for the election of new parliamentarians, according to Prayuth, who is also Army commander-in-chief.
The Nation
