When Thailand’s new, unelected legislative body meets for the first time tomorrow, its members have a choice: They can run the country or run for cookies.
Junta chief Gen. Prayuth Chanocha has admonished the appointed members of the National Legislative Assembly not to play with their phones during sessions.
“He stressed military NLA members must not take naps, play on the Line [mobile phone] application or play with other social network apps during NLA meetings,” Third Army Chief and assembly member Lt. Gen. Preecha Chanocha was quoted in the Bangkok Post.
The first orders of business for the 200-member body, most of which are military with women only accounting for 1-in-20, will be appointing a prime minister, which is expected to be Prayuth. Next they will select people they want to serve on a “National Reform Council.”
According to the Bangkok Post, Prayuth is considered a shoe-in.
“There’s no need to lobby for the vote,” an unnamed military officials is quoted saying. “We can just look at each other’s eyes; we know who we will vote for.”
Asked about the possibility, the general himself only “flashed a smile at reporters and raised two fingers as a sign of victory.”
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