emergency decree

No plan for use of emergency decree

Writer: BangkokPost.com

Published: 11/09/2009 at 02:53 PM

There will be no need for an executive decree for administration in an emergency situation if there is a violent political incident while Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva attending the United Nations General Assembly, acting government spokesman Panithan Wattanayakorn said on Friday.

He said the Internal Security Act (ISA) alone was effective enough to maintain law and order.

Mr Abhisit will attend the UN meeting, in New York, from Sept 20-27.

"That [the emergency law] is not necessary. The ISA is already enough. However, we have to keep the situation under watch," Mr Pathithan said.

The spokesman said the prime minister will next week pay a visit to the Internal Security Operations Command headquarters to brief them on policy and listen to an assessment of the planned Sept 19 rally by the red-shirts before leaving for New York.

Mr Panithan said the government will keep the public informed of the prime minister's activities during his trip abroad. via TV channel 11.

(bangkokpost.com)