Prayut wants to return as PM to ‘finish the work’ of improving Thailand


Prayut receiving flowers from supporters at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok on Jan 9, 2023. - AFP

BANGKOK (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): There is still work to be done to upgrade and develop Thailand, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, and this is why he must return as premier – to complete the job.

“I want to stay on as premier not because of power or benefits.... but because there is unfinished work... The country must move forward,” he said on Monday (Jan 9) at his first public address after becoming a member of Ruam Thai Sang Chart (United Thai Nation Party, or UTN).

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