INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
should be counted from 2017, when a new constitution was promulgated.The decision will be a boost for Prayuth, a staunch royalist whose
premiership has been beset by attempts to unseat him, including four house censure motions, a conflict of interest case and major protests
challenging his leadership and the monarchy.Prayuth, 68, had been suspended from office while the court deliberated the case.The Pheu Thai
argued that his time in office should be calculated from 2014, when he took power as army commander in the aftermath of a coup that removed
least 2017, or from when Prayuth took office after his election as a civilian prime minister in 2019.In a surprise move, Prayuth was
calling for it to rule on whether the premier had exhausted his time in office.Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has served as
Prawit is widely expected to become prime minister if the court rules against Prayuth.Mark Cogan, associate professor of peace and conflict
political and social order.Joshua Kurlantzick, senior fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, says that Prayuth has
turmoil in Thailand, including coups and violent protests, stemming from opposition to military involvement in politics, and demands for
He had become the focus of large youth-led pro-democracy rallies that sprang up in Bangkok in 2020 and called for his resignation.He had
popularity waning, with nearly two-thirds of people surveyed wanting him to leave office, while a third preferred to wait for the court
ruling.Source: Al Jazeera
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