Prayut seeks ‘Mr Right’ to take over top job

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday said he would be happy to have a better person replace him as premier of Thailand and claimed he is tired of using his authority.

“If in the future, there is a person who is better, more capable and more honest than me, similarly honest, [he or she] would continue the work and be in charge of the country,” he said.

“But being in power is not a fun matter. I exercised a lot of power when I was the army chief for four years.

I am fed up with using power. I used the power to take care of good people and punish people who do bad things. Only two [kinds of exercising power] are difficult enough already.”

He made his remarks as a keynote speaker at a course-opening event at the Thailand National Defence College.

He said he had never expected to be prime minister and was surprised he had been in the post for six years.

“Many…