Gen Prayut said the bureaucratic system was instrumental in driving the government's reform efforts which would take some time to bear fruit. "A lot of people do not understand reform but I'd like to point out that the government has been doing it. On Sunday, Mr Borwornsak, chairman of the law reform committee, expressed doubts at a press conference about how the reform plans would be turned into action. During the live-streaming, the former protest leader said the government had some achievements in the area of national reform. Two major reform bodies were set up over the past four years -- the National Reform Council, which initiated 37 reform proposals, and the National Reform Steering Assembly which has pushed forward 190 issues for national reform.

Source: Bangkok Post May 16, 2018 00:56 UTC