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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Thai court to rule on prime minister prayuth s political future | History Defined

Thailand's Constitutional Court ruled that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha can continue in office and had not exhausted his term limit [File: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP]

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha can continue in office and that he had not surpassed his maximum eight-year term limit as premier.

The court, in a 25-minute reading of the verdict on Friday, said Prayuth’s tenure as prime minister should be counted from 2017, when a new constitution was promulgated.

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