The temple came under heavy scrutiny again after the 2014 coup d'état. Following the coup, the military junta set up the National Reform Council, with a religious committee seeking to make several changes in the Thai Sangha. These changes were led by former senator , then monk and former infantryman (known under his activist name Phra Buddha Issara), and former Wat Phra Dhammakaya monk Mano Laohavanich. Phra Suwit objected to the nomination of Somdet Chuang Varapuñño, the monk who ordained Luang Por Dhammajayo, as the next Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, and successfully held a petition to stop it.