PM Prayut
Thailand: Court suspends PM Prayut, awaiting review of tenure limit
Bangkok/IBNS: Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday temporarily suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha from his official obligations.
The court's order, effective on Wednesday, came following a petition filed by the opposition for a ruling on when Prayut's eight-year tenure should conclude.
The suspension will remain in place until further review of the court.
Born in 1954, Prayut was selected as the interim prime minister after a 2014 coup and was later royally endorsed as the 29th PM of the country.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
