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ANALYSIS: Junta keeps the country guessing about next election

January 13, 2019

AFTER SEIZING power from an elected government in May 2014, the ruling junta led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha came up with a political “road map” promising a general election in February 2016.

Talks to lift campaigning restrictions set for December 7

November 23, 2018

The government and the ruling junta will meet with political parties on December 7 to discuss lifting political restrictions and allow campaigning in the run-up to the next election, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Friday.

Prawit attacks ex-NCPO member for ‘defecting’

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2018

DEPUTY PREMIER Prawit Wongsuwan yesterday described a retired senior military officer joining a new anti-junta political party as “ungrateful” and “a chameleon”.

Experts express scepticism over free and fair election

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 04, 2018

AS THE COUNTRY counts down towards the next general election, speakers at a panel discussion yesterday widely held the opinion that a free and fair national vote without the influence of the ruling junta seems unlikely.

Shortlist of candidates for Senate to be out before poll

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018

A SHORTLIST of senatorial candidates will be made available for selection by the ruling junta about 15 days before the next general election, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said yesterday.

No legal reason for PM to step down as junta head after stating ‘interest in politics’: Wissanu

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

General Prayut Chan-o-cha is not required by law to step down as leader of the ruling junta if he is interested in entering politics ahead of the next general election, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Tuesday.

Activists threaten march to Government House

SATURDAY, MAY 05, 2018

PRO-ELECTION activists yesterday threatened to march to Government House on the fourth anniversary of the 2014 coup later this month if the ruling junta failed to respond to their call for an election in November.

Prayut plots path to political future

SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2018

AFTER ALMOST four years in power, the ruling junta appears to have strayed tremendously away from its original mission of healing the severe political conflicts that led to the 2014 coup.

Activists want NCPO to resign, scrap orders

SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2018

A PRO-DEMOCRACY group has threatened to step up its demonstrations if the ruling junta fails to respond to its demands for the next election to be held this year.

Govt human rights ‘pretence’

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2018

HUMAN RIGHTS defenders lashed out at Thailand’s declining situation in regard to personal freedoms despite efforts by the ruling junta yesterday to promote human rights as a national agenda item.

Activists demand election be held this year

SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2018

PRO-DEMOCRACY activists have demanded that the ruling junta step down and hold an election this year, or there would be a large-scale protests against them.

Referendum a test of Thailand’s maturity

SATURDAY, AUGUST 06, 2016

For more than two years people have been living under the current government, which seized power in a coup, eight years after a similar military intervention in politics.

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