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 of the Kingdom of Thailand, 2550 Buddhist Era, and other public officials as provided by the law. In addition, He removes them from their positions, save where they vacate the positions by reason of death.

All legal provisions, royal rescripts, and royal commands of any kind which relate to the public affairs of the State must be countersigned by a Minister, save where this Constitution provides otherwise.

Judges and justices are independent in trying and adjudicating upon cases in the name of the Monarch, in a just manner, and in accordance with the Constitution and law.

There shall be a National Reform Assembly having the duty to conduct studies and make recommendations so as to bring about the reform in the following fields:

politics;

public administration;

law and justice;

local administration;

education;

economy;

energy;

public health and environment;

mass media;

society;

others;

of which the purposes are to make the democratic administration with Monarch as Head [of State] suitable with the nature of the Thai society, to have an honest and fair system of election, to have an efficient mechanism for prevention and elimination of corruption and misconduct, to eliminate disparity and bring about economic and social fairness for sustainable development, to allow the mechanism of the State to provide services to the people in a comprehensive, convenient, and expeditious manner, and to enable the strict and fair enforcement of the law.

The National Reform Assembly shall be composed of Members numbering not more than two hundred and fifty, who are appointed by the Monarch from amongst the persons of the Thai nationality by birth and of the age not less than thirty-five years, according to the advice presented by the National Council for Peace and Order.

The Monarch appoints [from amongst] the Members of the National Reform Assembly one as President of the National Reform Assembly and not more than two as Vice Presidents of the National Reform Assembly, according to a resolution of the National Reform Assembly.