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His party will be called Rak Chat (Patriotic), and he welcomed military officers if they would turn to politics, Khajit, who is now in the US, said in a telephone interview with The Nation.

"But the military officers who want to join my party have to leave the armed forces first. They will have to abandon their uniforms," he said.

Khajit is close to Council National for Security (CNS) chairman Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin and Gen Winai Phattiyakul, also a member of the junta.

He denied that his party is a "nominee" party for the armed forces officers aspiring to win political power.

by Sucheera Pinijparakarn

The Nation