Prayut tells Japan general election to be held in one year
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Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday assured the Japanese authorities during his official visit to Tokyo that the next general election would be held in one year.
On the second day of his visit to Japan at the invitation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Gen Prayut met Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Japanese health and labou minister and chair of the ThailandJapan Parliamentary Friendship League at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.
At the meeting, Gen Prayut confirmed that the next general election would be held in one year, that laws would be enforced fairly, that authority would not be abused, but that his government had to exercise control actions in some cases to ensure national progress.
Gen Prayut asked the Thailand-Japan Parliamentary Friendship League to help communicate what his government is doing to the international community, reported Thai News Agency.
“The Thai government will do whatever it takes to organise an election that is internationally recognised. Thailand is developing strong democracy to have an election in one year. The second phase of the national reform roadmap is on its way but takes time. I assure you that I will do my best to develop bilateral and regional relations,” the prime minister said.
He promised to take good care of Japanese tourists and business operators in Thailand and said that his government fairly enforced laws and did not violate human rights or abuse its authority.
“I just do not want to see a conflict during the reform process. There are groups of people who do not understand, so understanding must be quickly created with groups having different opinions,” the prime minister said.
