Military Junta will not stay long: General Prayuth

BANGKOK, 23 May 2014 (NNT) – Head of the National Peace and Order Maintaining Council (NPOMC) Gen.Prayuth Chan-ocha informs foreign envoys that the council will not be in power for long and will help reform Thailand.

Gen.Prayuth on Friday invited ambassadors and representatives of international organizations in Thailand to a meeting to explain the army’s reasons to seize power from the government on 22 May. The army chief said a coup was necessary since there was no solution to the political conflicts and Thailand was unable to move forward. The army had decided to step in in an effort to administer the country and take care of pressing problems such as the rice pledging scheme.

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