Thailand's Junta Leader Says Elections in November 2017
Thailand's junta leader said on Tuesday he will hold elections in November 2017 under a newly approved constitution that ensures the military's control over the next government, The Hindu reports.
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, the army chief who took power in a coup in 2014, has said before that he would hold elections in 2017 but had not specified a month. He only said he had a roadmap to democracy under which power would be returned to a civilian government.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, he dismissed a journalist's suggestion that the polls could be postponed to 2018.
"Let's count today as Day 1 on the roadmap schedule. If you follow the roadmap it would put us at November 2017 when the whole process is complete. So why would the elections be held in 2018?" he said.
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