FILE PHOTO: Members of the National Legislative Assembly take part in a meeting at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom/File photo
BANGKOK (Reuters) - More than a dozen members of an assembly appointed by Thailand's junta have resigned to be able to contest elections, one of the first signs of political activity ahead of a poll set tentatively for next year.
The military government had initially promised a vote within 18 months of a May 2014 coup, but the timetable has slipped - intensifying suspicion among government critics about the army's real willingness to relinquish power.
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