
As the end of the government's term approaches, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha appears not to be busy winding things up. Instead, he keeps adding new aides to his team at the Thai Koo Fah building.
All the new members of the PM's secretariat office are heavyweights from his Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, or United Thai Nation (UTN). Gen Prayut joined the new party on Jan 9 with aspirations to become the party's candidate for the premiership, should it perform well in the upcoming election.