If a critical agenda item requires urgent consideration, the existing board should ask the 14 candidates to join the meeting for their opinion, said Prawit Leesathapornwongsa, a commissioner of the existing NBTC board. The recruitment of the new NBTC board is close to being finalised. The eight existing commissioners, including the secretary-general, are only an acting board working until the new NBTC board is recruited. The existing NBTC board ended its six-year working term in October last year. NBTC secretary-general Takorn Tantasith said his working term at the NBTC office is until 2020 because the NBTC board extended his term last year.

Source: Bangkok Post February 25, 2018 23:48 UTC