2014 Thai coup d'état & Military Junta
On the evening of 22 May 2014, General Prayuth announced through a televised address that the armed forces were assuming control of national administration, formally launching a coup d'état against the caretaker government and establishing the NCPO to rule the state. Later that night, the NCPO repealed the 2007 constitution, save the second chapter which deals with the king. In addition, it formally ordered the dissolution of the caretaker government, but the Senate as well as all other state agencies, including the courts and the independent organs, were kept intact. The NCPO announced its own composition as follows: General Prayuth (RTA Commander) as its leader, General Thanasak Patimaprakorn (Chief of Defence Forces), Admiral Narong Pipathanasai (Royal Thai Navy Commander), Air Chief Marshal Prajin Jantong (Royal Thai Air Force Commander), and Police General Adul Saengsingkaew (Royal Thai Police Commissioner General), as its deputy leaders, General Udomdet Sitabut (RTA Deputy Commander) as its secretary general. The NCPO then announced that its leader will exercise all powers and duties which the laws invest in the prime minister and the cabinet, until there is a prime minister. It also placed its members in charge of the government ministries and equivalent agencies. On 24 May 2014, the NCPO dissolved the existing Senate and granted the legislative power to its leader. It ordered the judicial branch to operate under its directives. It also transferred Police General Adul to an inactive post in the Office of the Prime Minister and replaced him with Police General Watcharapol Prasarnrajkit. Adul was seen as a loyalist to the deposed government.
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