Events could make PM seek election, Prawit says

FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 2017
Events could make PM seek election, Prawit says

Future circumstances could prompt Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to seek election, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said on Friday. 

Responding to a suggestion by politicians that Prayut contest an election, Prawit noted that the premier has said he would not enter politics, but might if circumstances proved compelling. It is a personal matter and up to him alone, the deputy PM said. 
Prawit said he had no idea whether he would support Prayut, his junior classmate at military school, if he chose to seek election. 
Prayut would know what’s best for him when the time came, he added.
The deputy premier insisted that he would not enter politics or help run the next government.
“If an elected government is formed, the National Council for Peace and Order would be dissolved,” he said.