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Thailand: Prime Minister Prayut declares himself a candidate for his succession in 2023

2022-12-23T07:18:08.856Z


Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha will run for a new term in general elections to be held in the kingdom in...


Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha will seek re-election in general elections to be held in the kingdom next spring, he told local media on Friday.

The candidacy of the former general, who came to power following a coup in 2014 and legitimized in 2019 by controversial legislative elections, was an open secret, even if, according to the Constitution, he will not be able to carry out a second full term.

In September, the Constitutional Court indeed decided that he should leave the reins of the kingdom in 2025, reached by the eight-year limit in power set by the Constitution.

Thailand's newly created Nation Unity Party "

has offered to support me to become the next candidate for prime minister in the next election

", the 68-year-old leader told reporters. in the polls.

The election is expected to be in May

I say it clearly today… I have decided to take on this role

,” he announced.

Prayut was expected to leave his current party, the Palang Pracharath (PPRP), as the leader of the ruling coalition.

The PPRP has announced that its leader, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, will be the party's candidate in the elections.

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Prayut and Prawit both served in the Thai military and their political fates have been intertwined for decades.

Prayut said the ties between the two will remain strong despite their backgrounds splitting.

The main opposition party, the Pheu Thai, prances in the polls, but the system of appointing the Prime Minister favors the candidate close to the army, therefore Prayut Chan-O-Cha, who retains his chances of remaining in office except electoral tidal wave against him.

The date of the election is not yet known, but barring the dissolution of parliament, it should take place in May.

Source: lefigaro

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