Pending royal endorsement, election race will be ready to kick off soon
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Friday he had prepared a decree seeking to dissolve parliament ahead of an election.
The decree would require approval of His Majesty the King and would take effect once published in the Royal Gazette. An election must take place 45-60 days after dissolution.
Many online reports quickly concluded that the House dissolution would take place on Monday but Gen Prayut was non-committal.
“I have prepared (the decree), we have to wait. We have to wait for the announcement in the Royal Gazette,” he told reporters while on a campaign-style visit to Chiang Mai.
Asked when this would be, he said: “We have to wait, wait for the…
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