Thai court rules prime minister can stay in office

Thai court: PM can stay, did not exceed term limit

BANGKOK: Thailand's Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha can keep his job and did not violate a constitutional provision limiting him to eight years in office.Opposition lawmakers had petitioned the tribunal to decide on their contention that Prayuth, who took power as army commander in a 2014 coup, had violated the eight-year limit for prime ministers that was included for the first time in Thailand's 2017 …

Hundreds in Bangkok Protest Court Ruling Allowing Thai PM to Stay in Office

Anti-government demonstrators took to the streets in Thailand’s capital Saturday following a court ruling allowing Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha to stay in office. Around 500 demonstrators gathered at Bangkok’s Victory Monument to protest the decision. Background ruling Prayut, 68, is a former Royal Thai Army officer who led a military coup in Thailand in 2014 and has been in power since. In 2017 a new constitution was drafted by the military,…

Thai court rules in favour of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-O-Cha

The Thailand's constitutional court has ruled in Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-O-Cha's favor. It says the Prime Minister has not exceeded his maximum eight years in office, clearing the way for his return to office from a five-week suspension.

Thai court rules prime minister can stay in office

A court in Thailand has ruled that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha can stay in office after being suspended for about a month while the court deliberated on an opposition petition insisting his eight-year term had already ended.

Thai court rules Prayut can stay on as prime minister

Thailand's Constitutional Court rules that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha can stay on in his job, after suspending him from the post in August amid a dispute over the duration of his tenure.

Thailand prime minister to stay in office until 2025

Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha will be allowed to stay in office through 2025 after the country's Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that his eight-year term in officer started in 2017 and not when he took p