Parties can make no moves until general election: Prayut
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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday called on political groups to not make any political moves until general elections are held.
He was referring to a statement he made during his weekly TV address on Friday, in which he said he would allow political groups to get together and hold meetings or speak against their political rivals. However, he said, they would not be allowed to stage protests or rallies.
“I have to accept the fact that it is normal for politicians to make political moves, but the country needs to move forward. If you want to fight politically, wait until the elections are held.”
Regulations had to be improved, he said, otherwise history would be repeated. “A party should not be allowed to say that because it has won majority votes, it has a 100 per cent right to do anything and that it does not have to follow law.”
Prayut said pollsters had the right to collect political opinions, but not if they aimed to oust his administration or the National Council for Peace and Order.
