maeve harris#Thailand's newly elected Prime Minister meets with his predecessor (and coup leader) General #Prayut. "He is a respected senior figure", Mr Srettha said, after seeking advice from Prayut. This seems a clear hint as to the political line Srettha's government will take. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/2635222
#Thailand PM #Prayut, who led the coup against #Yingluck Shinawatra 9 years ago, is retiring from politics. His party came in 5th in the May elections. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/11/thai-pm-retire-politics-nine-years-power-coup-prayuth-chan-ocha
歐洲動態(國際)出任泰國首相9年的巴育 #Prayut 在新一屆國會推舉新首相前2天宣佈，退出政壇，意味他承認不可能獲國會推舉連任。
同時，選委會把是否挑戰皮塔 Pita Limjaroenrat 當選資格的決定再押後一天至週三才決定，皮塔能否出任首相，仍有懸念。
#Thailand election: current PM (and coup leader) #Prayut significantly lagging in polling for PM in next month's election. Leading are the candidates of the progressive Move Forward Party (Pita) and Pheu Thai (Paetongtarn). https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thai-pm-prayuth-lags-rivals-opinion-polls-ahead-may-election-2023-04-15/
#Thailand PM #Prayut will dissolve Parliament before its term expires late in March. The Constitution requires a general election not later than May, and Prayut is trailing in polling against the Pheu Thai Party's Paetongtarn #Shinawatra, whose faather (Thaksin) and aunt (Yingluck) were both overthrown in military coups and are in exile https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thai-pm-dissolve-parliament-before-term-ends-next-month-2023-02-17/
#Thailand's Constitutional Court will decide September 30 whether PM #Prayut has exceeded the constitutional term limit https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thai-court-decide-pm-prayuths-tenure-this-month-2022-09-14/
#Thailand Constitutional Court has suspended PM #Prayut Chan-o-cha (leader of the 2014 coup d'etat) while the court considers whether he has exceeded the 8 year term limit for the PM. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/25/asia/thailand-prayut-chan-ocha-suspended-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html
#Thailand politics: PM #Prayut temporarily suspended while the High Court decides a case on whether or not he has passed the constitutional term limit of 8 years. Temporary PM will be Prawit, another Military/Royalist who was involved in the 2014 coup d'etat and nothing will change https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thailands-new-acting-leader-is-another-royalist-military-man-2022-08-25/
#Thailand's PM, retired general #Prayut, who led the coup that ousted the Yingluck government is under fire from opposition, accused of #corruption and mismanagement of the economy https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thai-opposition-grills-pm-parliament-censure-debate-begins-2022-07-19/
Thai opposition grills prime minister in parliament as censure debate begins
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha fended off accusations of corruption and economic mismanagement in a televised session of parliament on Tuesday, as a censure debate got under way seeking to dent his credibility with an election due within 11 months.
#Thailand PM #Prayut says the Kingdom will 'fully open' to international visitors within 120 days. I'm skeptical, given the slow pace of vaccinating the Kingdom's population https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thailand-fully-reopen-visitors-within-120-days-pm-2021-06-16/
