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Prayut wants Pirapan to succeed him as PM, eventually

Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha of the United Thai Nation Party arrives at the Thailand-Japan sports centre in Din Daeng district, Bangkok, on Monday, as registration began there for constituency candidates in the May 14 general election. (Bangkok Post photo)

Caretaker Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Monday that if he is fortunate enough to again be premier after the general election he would want United Thai Nation Party (UTN) leader Pirapan Salirathavibhaga to succeed him when his eight-year limit as prime minister expires in 2025.

The Constitutional Court ruled on Sept 30, 2022 that Gen Prayut’s tenure as prime minister began under the 2017 constitution on April 6, 2017, when the charter took effect, not when he led a military…

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