ThailandwillholdageneralelectioninNovember2018,saidPrimeMinisterPrayuthChan-ochaonTuesday.PrayuthaddedthattheprecisedatewillbegiveninJunenextyear."AroundJunewew
Thailand will hold a general election in 2017, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday, seeking to allay concerns his military government might delay plans for a return to democracy, days after the country endorsed a military-backed constitution.
Top Thai ruler Gen. Prayuth Chan- ocha, who has been unanimously chosen Thursday as Thailand's 29th prime minister by the interim legislature, will likely stay in power for only a year during which time the reforms in government that the military has initiated would have taken effect.
Thailand's National Legislative Assembly (NLA), or the post-coup interim legislature, on Thursday selected junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha as the interim prime minister, the 29th PM of the country.
Thai military junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha on Wednesday instructed Thai ambassadors and consuls- general to explain to foreign countries reasons for staging the May 22 coup and the junta's roadmap leading to elections.
Thailand's military junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has declared himself as acting prime minister until someone can be found to serve the post full time.
Thailand's National Peace and Order Maintaining Council (NPOMC) announced Thursday that the country's constitution was temporarily suspended.
Thai army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha on Wednesday called a meeting of representatives from seven political groups to discuss solutions to the country's protracted political crisis