The cabinet met on September 15, 2020 at the Government House. Some of the resolutions are as follows:
The cabinet approved for Ministry of Defense to provide financial support, at the amount of 565,840 Baht allocated from the Ministry’s FY2020 budget, to ASEAN Center of Military Medicine (ACMM) through a Project - Based Programme.
Ministry of Defense’s financial support provided to ACMM is as per ACMM’s request made to all member states. The financial support will enable ACMM to efficiently respond to COVID-19 pandemic from the origin, thus, preventing spread of the disease into Thailand. ACMM’s role also includes provision of medical equipment and supplies to ASEAN member states. The financial support would demonstrate Thailand’s leading role in supporting ACMM through Project - Based Programme implemented in other member states, and would pave way for dialogue partners, other countries, and international organizations to also consider support provision to ACMM.
The Cabinet approved in principle the Draft Royal Decree on convocation of second legislative ordinary session of the National Assembly, B.E. …, as proposed by the Cabinet Secretariat.
According to Section 121 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, each year there shall be two ordinary sessions of the National Assembly, each of which shall last 120 days. The day on which the first sitting is held shall be considered the commencement date of the first annual ordinary session, and the commencement date of the second annual ordinary session shall be fixed by the House of Representatives.
In light of the above, the convocation and prorogation dates of the National Assembly are set as follows:
Year / First annual ordinary session (B.E.)
1 / 22 May 2562 – 18 September 2562
2 / 22 May 2563 – 18 September 2563
3 / 22 May 2564 – 18 September 2564
4 / 22 May 2565 – 18 September 2565
Year / Second annual ordinary session (B.E.)
1 / 1 November 2562 – 28 February 2563
2 / 1 November 2563 – 28 February 2564
3 / 1 November 2564 – 28 February 2565
4 / 1 November 2565 – 28 February 2566
It is, therefore, appropriate for the second annual ordinary session of the National Assembly for B.E. 2563 to be convoked from November 1, 2020 (2563) onward.
Source: Cabinet Meeting (Prayut Chan-o-cha) September 15, 2020