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Prayut’s decision ‘won’t hinder UTN’

PM vague on list-MP move as poll nears

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha speaks in an event of the United Thai Nation Party last week. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha declined to disclose on Wednesday why he has decided not to run as a list-MP candidate for the United Thai Nation (UTN) Party in the upcoming election, describing it as a personal matter.

UTN member Thanakorn Wang- boonkongchana said on Tuesday the party had finalised the selection of its party-list and constituency candidates, and Gen Prayut was not on either list.

He played down criticism that Gen Prayut’s decision would affect the party’s election campaign, noting the prime minister, who is both a party…

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