The number of vehicles seized from drunk drivers during this Songkran holiday period –16,288 – was a 100 per cent increase over the previous Songkran, National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and Army deputy spokeswoman Colonel Sirichan Ngathong told the press on Wednesday.

The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and related authorities have seized a total of 10,099 vehicles from drunk drivers in the first five days (April 11-15) of monitoring road accidents over the Songkran holidays.

The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and related authorities seized a total of 7,067 vehicles from drunk drivers in the first four days (April 11-14) of monitoring road accidents over the Songkran holidays.

The government is considering whether to invite political parties for talks before June, but is not committing to remove the ban on political activities despite increasing criticism from parties and democracy advocates.

THE PHEU THAI Party yesterday called for the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to repeal orders and announcements that obstruct the activities of political parties after the regime showed signs of delaying the promised road map to democracy by referring a key legislation to the Constitutional Court.

Call to rescind NCPO orders that deprive human rights and extend registration deadline for migrant workers

AMENDMENTS TO NCPO ORDER IN THE WORKS |BUT WISSANU REFUSES TO SPECIFY TIMETABLE

The Council of State – the government’s legal advisory agency – is writing an amendment draft to a controversial junta order that has been criticised by established political parties, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Monday.

The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) on Friday filed a complaint against 57 pro-democracy protesters for allegedly committing sedition.

The Ombudsman on Friday submitted the political party law amended by the junta order to the Constitutional Court, seeking a ruling on its constitutionality.

The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) on Tuesday declined to invoke its special powers under Article 44 of the constitution to ease the financial burden born by terrestrial digital TV licence holders and two holders of 900MHz licences.

PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha has said that if a “lack of order”, such as the anti-military protest on Saturday, continued, there was no guarantee that the national election would be held peacefully, government Spokesman Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said yesterday.

Pro-democracy activists yesterday called on the Army to stop supporting the military-led National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and their role in politics, and to make an election this year possible.

Leading politicians on Thursday pledged to abort the legacy of the coup maker, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), in order to strengthen democracy and prevent future coups after almost four years of military-led rule.

HIGH HOPES AS ‘NEW CITIZEN’ ALTERNATIVE LAUNCHED DESPITE THREATS BY NCPO