Thai court: PM can stay, did not exceed term limit

By Associated Press

Oct 02, 2022 12:17 am

BANGKOK: Thailand's Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha can keep his job and did not violate a constitutional provision limiting him to eight years in office.

Opposition lawmakers had petitioned the tribunal to decide on their contention that Prayuth, who took power as army commander in a 2014 coup, had violated the eight-year limit for prime ministers that was included for the first time in Thailand's 2017 Constitution.

STAYING PUT Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha at the Government House in the capital Bangkok on Aug. 16, 2022. AP PHOTO

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