General Prayuta, chief of the country's military junta since then, said at a Cabinet meeting that the exact dates would be announced around June 2018, reports Efe news. The announcement comes days after Prayut met with the US President Donald Trump and told him they would hold free and fair elections in 2018. Thailand's new law on political parties, one of the four essential organic laws required for holding general elections, came into effect on Sunday. The Puea Thai Party, founded by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is currently living in exile in Dubai, is the main political party in Thailand and has won all legislative elections, including the last one in 2011, since 2001. Thailand has witnessed 20 coups or coup attempts since absolute monarchy was abolished in 1932.

Source: bd News24 October 10, 2017 10:30 UTC