ID :
134944
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 20:04
Auther :
Shortlink :
http://m.oananews.org//node/134944
The shortlink copeid
PM: Emergency Decree can be revoked without Cabinet resolution
BANGKOK, July 28 - Prime Minister Abhisiit Vejjajiva on Wednesday said Thailand's Emergency Decree could be revoked without special Cabinet action and that he would decide to lift the decree by stages in provinces after consulting with security concerned agencies.
Mr Abhisit said after the Cabinet meeting that during the meeting he had told his ministers that lifting the decree could be done by prime minister's authority and did not need Cabinet to consider the matter.
The premier said henceforth he will consult with the appropriate security agencies, particularly the National Security Council (NSC), which will evaluate the situation before advising him to make his decision.
The decree has been enforced in Bangkok, its surrounding provinces and in the Northern and Northeastern provinces since April 7 as the anti-government United Front United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) -- the Red Shirt group -- demonstrated in Bangkok and upcountry.
The overt UDD protest dissolved in response to the army operation to retake the protest site centred on Ratchaprasong on May 19. The death toll throughout the two month period was 89.
The decree is still enforced in the capital and 15 other provinces after the Cabinet had decided to lift the law in eight provinces.
The prime minister later chaired an NSC meeting attended by Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban who directs the Centre for Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) and senior officials of security concerned agencies.
NSC secretary-general Tawin Pleansri told reporters after a meeting that the prime minister informed the meeting about the Cabinet decision to give prime minister full authority to maintain or revoke Emergency Decree.
He said the meeting assigned CRES to take responsibility for evaluating the situation and advise Mr Abhisit on the decree, as appropriate.
Mr Suthep will chair a CRES meeting Thursday and is expected to give the premier its recommendations, said Mr Tawin. (MCOT online news)
Mr Abhisit said after the Cabinet meeting that during the meeting he had told his ministers that lifting the decree could be done by prime minister's authority and did not need Cabinet to consider the matter.
The premier said henceforth he will consult with the appropriate security agencies, particularly the National Security Council (NSC), which will evaluate the situation before advising him to make his decision.
The decree has been enforced in Bangkok, its surrounding provinces and in the Northern and Northeastern provinces since April 7 as the anti-government United Front United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) -- the Red Shirt group -- demonstrated in Bangkok and upcountry.
The overt UDD protest dissolved in response to the army operation to retake the protest site centred on Ratchaprasong on May 19. The death toll throughout the two month period was 89.
The decree is still enforced in the capital and 15 other provinces after the Cabinet had decided to lift the law in eight provinces.
The prime minister later chaired an NSC meeting attended by Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban who directs the Centre for Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) and senior officials of security concerned agencies.
NSC secretary-general Tawin Pleansri told reporters after a meeting that the prime minister informed the meeting about the Cabinet decision to give prime minister full authority to maintain or revoke Emergency Decree.
He said the meeting assigned CRES to take responsibility for evaluating the situation and advise Mr Abhisit on the decree, as appropriate.
Mr Suthep will chair a CRES meeting Thursday and is expected to give the premier its recommendations, said Mr Tawin. (MCOT online news)
