Thai military personnel guards convenience stores damaged after an attack, in Cho-airong district in southern Thailand’s Narathiwat province, on August 17, 2022. (Photo by Madaree Tohlala / AFP)
A senior Pheu Thai MP has voiced support for a bill, proposed by the Move Forward party, calling for the dissolution of Thailand’s Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC).
Adisorn Piengkes, government whip chief, posted on his X account, @adisornpk, today (Monday) that ISOC is a state within state and, because of it, the army can intervene and has a superior role over other government officials.
“ISOC should be dissolved,” he wrote.
Because of ISOC, the army holds power over everyone. Disbanding ISOC will be effectively handing rights, freedoms and equality back to the people. It will also be a rebuilding of democracy, Adisorn wrote.
Move Forward party MP Romadon Panjor has…
