Prayut can dissolve house if parliamentarians fail to select PM after next
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GENERAL PRAYUT Chan-o-cha has the power to dissolve Parliament if parliamentarians fail to select a new prime minister after the next general election, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said Friday.
As head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), PM Prayut still retains his wide-ranging powers under Article 44 of the post-coup interim charter until the next Cabinet is formed, he explained.
The deputy premier dismissed concerns that the process to select a new prime minister could drag on for months if elected MPs and selected senators could not agree on the next government head.
“I can assure you that there will be no deadlock. The existing power can be exercised to solve such a problem,” he stressed.
