sentences:  The Surayud government allowed the Council for National Security to interfere with many government responsibilities, including the transfer of civil servants.The CNS was allowed to control a nationwide reshuffle of the civil service in April 2007 in order to weed out officials "clinging" to the deposed "Thaksin-regime".Surayud also authorised the removal of police chief Kowit Wattana from his position in early February 2007.