Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn, through his privy council, has requested that provisions of a draft constitution regarding royal powers be amended, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday.
A Sunday released poll says many support the junta chief and current prime minister, Prayut Chan-o- cha, to serve as prime minister after a promised general election late 2017, while two major political parties asked him to form a party for the election.
Thailand will hold a general election in 2017, the country's junta chief confirmed yesterday, his first comments since voters backed a new military-crafted Constitution in a referendum.
Thailand has planned to hold a bicycling event on Dec. 11 to celebrate the king's 88th birthday that falls on Dec. 5, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Wednesday.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-Ocha said Monday that 14 student activists, who were earlier arrested for violating junta orders, would be tried by a military court.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o- cha on Friday said it was necessary for the government to take stringent security measures considering the existence of many unstable factors in the society.
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