Thai court suspends PM from duties pending term limit review

BANGKOK, 25 August 2022, (TON): Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha after accepting a petition from an opposition party seeking his ousting on the grounds that he has held office for his full, legally mandated term.

The petition filed to Parliament last week by the main opposition Pheu Thai party argued that Prayuth’s time spent as head of a military junta, after he staged a coup when he was army chief in 2014, should count toward his constitutionally stipulated eight-year term.

Though Prayuth could be restored to his position when the court rules on the petition, the surprise suspension threw Thai politics into confusion.

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