Army
Commander-in-Chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha Tuesday declared martial law that
covers the entire nation.
In a televised
announcement, Prayuth calls for the public to continue their lives as usual.
In the martial law
announcement, Prayuth stated
that the declaration was necessary to prevent
people from committing violence and to return peace and order to the
country.Following the martial law declaration, the Army chief issued an order
to set up the peacekeeping command to replace the Centre for the Administration
of Peace and Order. The Army chief is the chief of the peacekeeping command.
The peacekeeping
command would have the authority to summon to be interrogated and to hand over
documents and evidences to the authorities.
The order, which
appointed the command, stated that all government agencies that are parts of
the structure of the CAPO, except the Army, Navy and Air Force, must return to
their agencies and their normal activities.
The peacekeeping
command also has the authority to demand the Internal Security Operations
Command, the Royal Thai Police, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Interior
Ministry and other government agencies to support their personnel to support
the operations of the command.
Reacting to the
martial law declaration, Jatuporn Prompan announced that the red shirts would
continue their rally at the Utthayan Road.
The People's
Democratic Reform Committee announced that it would cancel a planned march
Tuesday because of the martial law.
(The Nation - nationmultimedia.com)