He said he had received authority from the Election Commission (EC) to hold talks with the CDRM after the junta announced that elections of local administrations and councils could be held.

ICT ministry

Meeting discusses wiretap ban

The Information and Communications Technology Ministry yesterday called a meeting of telecommunications firms to discuss the recent ban on wiretapping.

Permanent Secretary Kraisorn Pornsutee said yesterday he wanted to ensure all telephone service providers strictly complied with the order of the Council for Democratic Reform under Constitutional Monarchy forbidding eavesdropping on calls.

End of an era

Thaksin's image banished

Another curtain came down on the Thaksin Shinawatra regime yesterday when his belongings and all pictures of him were removed from the Thai Khu Fa Building at Government House.

Belongings of members of the last Thaksin cabinet were also removed from Government House to prepare for the arrival of the new Cabinet.

Cabinet secretary-general Rongphol Charoenphanthu, who doubles as caretaker permanent secretary for the PM's Office by order of the Council for Democratic Reform under Constitutional Monarchy,  also had Thaksin's name removed from the front of the meeting room at Government House.