BANGKOK, 9 April 2015 – The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has utilized the power granted to it under Section 44 of the interim charter to issue a new order pertaining to the protection of public interest on Wednesday.
In issuing the NCPO order no. 4/2558, the council said that there remained widespread perpetration of actions that violated public interest while law enforcement has not been optimal. Consequently, members of the public continue to be afflicted by matters such as encroachment on public space, national parks and forest preserves, resulting in obstruction of traffic. Therefore, the NCPO deemed it necessary to come up with measures that would augment the enforcement of law.
NCPO order no. 4/2558 stipulates that Cabinet ministers may seek the assistance of military officials to ensure efficient enforcement of law. A minister would make such request through the minister of defense, and the latter would assign military officials to the requested task. Full authority normally vested in state officials of various agencies may also be given to the military officials assigned to assist the minister, pending approval of the head of the National Council for Peace and Order.
