#prayut — Public Fediverse posts

#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/

Not the Onion: #Myanmar coup leader asks #Thailand's PM #Prayut (2014 coup leader) for help in assuring #democracy https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-thailand-idUSKBN2AA0V7

#Thailand PM General #Prayut declares the end of military rule, and says, shall we say implausibly, that the country will function as "a normal #democracy https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-politics/thai-prime-minister-declares-end-of-military-rule-idUSKCN1UA1D4

#Thailand Constitutional Court will hear a petition asserting that PM #Prayut is not eligible to hold his position under provisions of the charter. Given the hardly independent nature of the judiciary, the outcome can be confidently predicted https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/1707706/court-to-rule-on-pms-eligibility

#Thailand: General #Prayut, the irascible military leader who headed the 2014 coup d'etat that removed the elected government, has been elected as PM. A military dictatorship with elections, one might suggest. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/military-government-chief-prayuth-chan-ocha-elected-thai-pm-190605173837759.html

#Thailand's newly elected parliament meets for the first time, but the military remains firmly in control. Chances of the democratic opposition bloc forming a government seem nil, and the election of coup leader #Prayut is all but assured. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/thailands-parliament-meets-military-retains-upper-hand-190523081322369.html

#Thailand's recent economic gains threatened by emergent political instability. Recent polling suggests Thai voters will favor Pheu Thai Party for seats in parliament and coup leader #Prayut for PM, a level of cognitive dissonance I find stunning https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/1630902/economic-growth-tilts-up-in-q4-but-politics-loom

#Thailand's 2014 coup leader and #Junta chief #Prayut accepts pro-junta Phalang Pracharat Party's nomination for Prime Minister, not that anyone expected him to retire gracefully http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30363792

#Thailand #Junta chief / PM #Prayut, #Bangkok governor & Environment protection board summoned to court over alleged negligence on the Bangkok toxic pollution crisis http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30363671

#Thailand's #Junta chief and "Prime Minister" #Prayut's "martyr act is wearing thin". Challenges citizens to "oust him if they dare", using an insulting Thai term for "you". His election as PM in next month's election likely to cause political turmoil https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1623762/angry-pms-martyr-act-is-wearing-thin

#Thailand #Junta chief #Prayut, who has extensive fiat powers, threatens draconian measures if #Bangkok air pollution is not brought under control. (The SO and I travel by light rail and have no personal vehicles) http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30363254