Bangkok: Thai opposition MPs demanded premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha’s resign following weeks of uproar over the ex-junta head’s omission of a vow to uphold the constitution during his inauguration, raising questions of his legitimacy.The mastermind of a 2014 putsch, Prayut was the five-year junta regime chief before a disputed March election tilted to the military formally ushered him in as a civilian prime minister.
But the new government has struggled to maintain a foothold as it is dogged by scandals – from a Cabinet member being accused of serving time in jail for drug-dealing in Australia to Thais angered by a slow response to floods in rice bowl northeast.
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