"Article 265"

All 66 subordinate laws and orders issued by the coupmakers after seizing power on May 22, 2014 stand annulled after coup leader and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday issued a nullification order.

ARTICLE 265 of the 2017 Constitution, which allows the junta to retain its absolute powers authorised by the now obsolete interim charter of 2014, is just dampening the newly promulgated charter – at least in the next one and a half years until a new government takes office.