The government is considering exercising the special power of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) chief allowed under Section 44 of the constitution to nullify unnecessary orders.
About half of the NCPO orders are no longer needed. If left until a new government forms, they will pose a burden on the government which will have to draft and pass an act to terminate the orders, said Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam.
Of the remaining NCPO orders, about 62 are still necessary and in this case, the NCPO has recommended the cabinet require the ministries concerned to transform these orders into ministerial orders or other forms of ministerial laws as soon as possible, he said.
The cabinet previously reached a resolution requiring the ministries to do so before this government’s tenure ends, he said.
There are three types of NCPO orders, namely ones issued on May 22, 2014, the day of the coup, orders issued after the military regime took office and orders that came with a Section 44 order issued by the NCPO chief, he said.
A number of these orders ended automatically after the tasks that they set forth were accomplished, such as one that dealt with the transfer of a state official, he said.