Thailand’s Constitutional Court will meet on Thursday to consider evidences in a plea challenging Prayuth Chan-Ocha’s ability to stay on as prime minister, local newspaper Thairath reported on Monday.
(Bloomberg) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court will meet on Thursday to consider evidences in a plea challenging Prayuth Chan-Ocha’s ability to stay on as prime minister, local newspaper Thairath reported on Monday.
In the “special meeting”, the nine-member court will go over statements previously received from Prayuth and others involved in the drafting of the 2017 military-backed charter, Thairath said, without citing sources.
The court will determine whether the evidences are sufficient to set a date for a ruling, it said.
The Constitutional Court had on Aug. 24 suspended Prayuth as prime minister until it determined whether he violated an eight-year term limit. Prayuth, who seized power in a coup in 2014, stayed on as prime minister following a 2019 election under rules that heavily favored his military-aligned political group.
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