New NLA members ‘to come from defence forces’
Almost all 30 new members of the National Legislative Assembly to be appointed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will be high-ranking military officers, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The new NLA members are expected to be from the Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as the Defence Ministry’s Office of the Permanent Secretary and the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters.
They include those who are active in the Armed Forces or who retired at the end of last month.
Among those expected to be appointed to the NLA are retired Armed Forces deputy supreme commander General Vichian Sirisoomthorn, Defence Ministry’s deputy permanent secretary Admiral Pongthep Noothep, Fourth Army Area commander General Piyawat Nakwanich, Air Force assistant commander-in-chief ACM Chaiyapruk Didyasarin, and Chief of the Air Staff ACM Surasak Toongtong.
In an amendment to the post-coup interim charter, the number of NLA members was increased from 220 at present to 250.
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