BANGKOK, Jan 26 — Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra must seek permission ahead of time from the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) if she wants to travel overseas, according to NCPO spokesman Col Winthai Suvaree. However the general situation in Thailand remains normal after the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) impeached her on Friday.
Col Winthai said so far there were no unusual movements which could lead to disorder after the assembly voted to impeach Ms Yingluck Friday, banning her from involvement in politics for five years after finding her dereliction of duty for failing to stop corruption which had incurred massive losses in her government-sponsored rice-pledging scheme.
Stressing that votes cast by the NLA against Ms Yingluck were independent and its membership has no relation with the NCPO, Col Winthai said every party must understand that the judicial process and law are totally separate from the NCPO and the government’s attempts to build national reconciliation.
He said Ms Yingluck has not requested to travel overseas, but said that she and others ordered by NCPO to request first must strictly adhere to the order. (MCOT online news)
