Pornpetch Wichitcholchai, president of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA), said on Tuesday it was too soon to talk about such an idea and clarification may in any case well be required as to what exactly a national government means.

The new Constitution had not been designed to pave the way for such a government, he said.

However, it did allow for an outsider prime minister, which would have to be decided upon by MPs, Pornpetch added, stressing that it had nothing to do with the NLA.

Whether or not the idea of a national government was being floated to test the water, the NLA president pointed out that it had come from a political party.

He declined to comment on whether this was part of a plan for future negotiations in politics.