Next year is looking increasingly certain to be an eventful one on the political front as more credible signs are pointing to an early election sometime in the middle of 2022.
Chaichan: Appointment bewilders many
The latest nomination of a former top army officer to sit on the proposed national reconciliation committee goes against what the panel is trying to achieve, which is to forge unity, say critics.
Deputy Defence Minister Gen Chaichan Changmongkol, a former defence permanent secretary, has been put forward for membership of the committee by none other than Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Gen Chaichan will be one of two government representatives on the proposed reconciliation committee. What some have found to be bewildering is the reason Gen Prayut offered to justify his backing of Gen Chaichan as a unity panellist.