Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House on Tuesday. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)All eyes are on whether the Constitutional Court will on Wednesday accept a petition filed by the opposition bloc seeking a ruling on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's eight-year tenure. Speaking after Tuesday's cabinet meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said the court will meet today and it remains to be seen whether it will accept the petition for consideration. The Secretariat of the House of Representatives on Monday forwarded the petition signed by 171 opposition MPs to the court. "If the court accepts it, it will then make a decision about whether to suspend Gen Prayut temporarily [until the judges rule on the issue].

Source: Bangkok Post August 23, 2022 23:05 UTC