Portal:Revolutionary Council of Thailand

“ Section⁠17.⁠In the event that, during the application of this Charter, the Prime Minister finds it appropriate for the purpose of repressing or suppressing an act of subverting the security of the Kingdom or royal throne, or an act of subverting, disrupting, or threatening the peace, whether it occurs inside or comes from outside the Kingdom, the Prime Minister has the power to give any order or do any act upon a resolution of the Council of Ministers and it shall be deemed that such an order or act is lawful. ”

“ Section⁠14.⁠The Monarch appoints one Prime Minister and an appropriate number of Ministers, who compose a Council of Ministers which has the duty to handle the public services of the State.
The Prime Minister and Ministers shall not be Members of the Assembly.
The Prime Minister and Ministers have the right to attend and give explanations or express opinions at meetings of the Assembly, but they have no right to vote. ”

“ And in order to accomplish that which has been submitted to Him by the Head of the Revolutionary Council, He therefore gives a great royal command by which He orders with His pleasure that the following provisions be applied as an Administrative Charter of the Kingdom until promulgation of the constitution which is to be drawn up by the Constitution Drafting Assembly:
Section⁠1.⁠The sovereign power comes from all the Thais.
Section⁠2.⁠Thailand is one and whole kingdom incapable of division. The Monarch is the Divine Head [of State] and holds the position of Head of the Thai Armed Forces. ”