Surprise Face: Prayuth found not guilty by Constitutional Court

To the immediate surprise of no one, the Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha was not guilty of violating ethics law by living in military housing long after his retirement.

With members of his ruling party acknowledging they hadn’t even considered the need to replace him – a guilty verdict would have stripped him of the premiership he’s held since seizing power in 2014 – the court’s ruling was widely expected. 

The court’s nine judges unanimously agreed that Prayuth did no wrong in living on base, even though he retired from the army in 2014. 

Due to the “good deeds” Prayuth has done for the country as prime minister and former army commander-in-chief, the position he held when he staged his coup, the court ruled Prayuth is entitled to stay in what it called an “army guesthouse” at the 1st Infantry…