Soldiers carefully check a visitor to the parliament complex in Bangkok on Thursday. (Photo by Nutthawat Wicheanbut)
The use of an emergency decree is aimed at crowd control and averting economic losses, says the newly appointed finance minister, but a business group is urging caution over how the measure is carried out.
The recently declared state of emergency is a means to handle the protests and prevent losses to businesses, said Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith.
The move is necessary for the government and agencies in charge of national security to manage the situation and its scope covers only a specific area, Mr Arkhom said.
“The security department has to manage the situation, otherwise this will affect the business sector,” he said.
It remains opaque and difficult to assess how the…
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