The 'easy' way out for PMThe Constitutional Court's ruling on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha occupying an army residence, scheduled for Dec 2, could ease him gently from power, said Jatuporn Prompan, chairman of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD). He was responding to the court's pending ruling in a case lodged by the opposition in November last year. The opposition said Gen Prayut's tenancy of the army house was a conflict of interest and took the case to court. Speaking in a live broadcast on the Peace Talk programme via Facebook, Mr Jatuporn said if Gen Prayut was disqualified as prime minister by court order, it could provide him with a gentle way out of his current political predicament. Gen Prayut has come under pressure from anti-government protesters to step down.

Source: Bangkok Post November 06, 2020 01:18 UTC