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Thai legislature meets after appointment by junta

By Washington Examiner
Published August 8, 2014 9:08am ET
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Thai legislature meets after appointment by junta
Newly elected President of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) Pornpetch Wichitcholchai, center, poses with his two deputies Surachai Liengboonlertchai, right, and Peerasak Porchit, left, after they were voted for the positions at the meeting of the NLA at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. In their inaugural meeting, they voted unanimously to elect former Harvard-educated Supreme Court Judge Pornpetch Wichitcholchai as the assembly president. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong) | Apichart Weerawong

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s military-dominated interim legislature on Friday held its first meeting since it was appointed by the junta following a coup more than two months ago.

The 197-member National Legislative Assembly will enact laws and nominate the interim prime minister, who will then choose Cabinet members. Its appointment last month was part of the junta’s roadmap to return Thailand to elected democracy, expected to take place by October 2015.

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