BANGKOK, Jan 19 — Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said that he was not worried about how the impeachment cases against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, former Senate speaker Nikom Wairatpanij and former House speaker Somsak Kiatsuranont would turn out, but that he would ensure national order.
Gen Prayut said that the National Legislative Assembly considering the impeachment cases was established to function like the House and the Senate and he was not worried if any concerned party would file a lawsuit against the body.
The prime minister said however the impeachment cases turn out, he would ensure national order: everyone must obey rules and evidence would tell if an impeached person would be punished [or not].
He said that wrongdoers could not cite reconciliation as an excuse for themselves and they would have to be prosecuted.
They could not oppose the government with any violence, mob action or complaint to an international organization.
The prime minister denied that he had sent any signal to the Assembly.
Persons who have been successfully impeached persons must also face criminal charges, he said. (MCOT online news)
