Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha probably may not get much sleep on Tuesday night as he could find himself overwhelmed by the heavy suspense surrounding the Constitutional Court’s ruling set to be handed down the following morning.
The court is due to pass what promises to be a show-stopping decision on whether Gen Prayut, the prime minister since the May 2014 coup, can hang on to the premiership.
Gen Prayut stands accused by the opposition of committing a conflict of interest by continuing to occupy an army residence, a privilege which his critics thought should have ended when his tenure as army chief did.
The opposition alleges that Gen Prayut, who is also the defence minister, should have packed up and left the residence when he retired as army chief on Sept 30, 2014….
