On Thursday, outgoing Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha appeared at ease about the prospect of Thailand avoiding a political impasse or crisis. He thanked all those involved in the May 14th General Election and urged calm as the political process of forming the next government takes its course. He confirmed that he will remain in office until a new cabinet is appointed by the King.

Key hurdle to forming the next government is the ability of eight party coalition and its supporters in parliament to find 376 seats in a July 13th vote by a combined sitting of both houses in a joint session. However, the inability of the two key coalition partners, the Move Forward and Pheu Thai parties to agree on the next House of Representatives Speaker is becoming an equally disturbing factor to external observers.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan Ocha has confirmed he will stay on as caretaker in the role as long as required while a new government is being formed and until a new cabinet is sworn in. The PM told reporters that it was not possible to know if the process of forming the next administration would be completed in line with a schedule set out in the last week or not because the process was a political one. He urged the public and the country at large to stay calm and positive, warning that a political crisis was something Thailand can ill afford.

 

On Thursday, Acting Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha told reporters that it was difficult, at this point, to predict whether the formation of the next government will be a slow or fast process.

 

by Joseph O' Connor

 

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7 minutes ago, webfact said:

The PM told reporters that it was not possible to know if the process of forming the next administration

Exactly what Prayut was hoping for.....

Pita, Prawit, Prayoon.....a three ringed circus!

3 hours ago, webfact said:

warning that a political crisis was something Thailand can ill afford.

About as heart warming as what POTUS Nixon once said, "I am not a crook."

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Prime Minister Prayut Chan Ocha has confirmed he will stay on as caretaker in the role as long as required while a new government is being formed and until a new cabinet is sworn in.

Don't worry, just go... enjoy your hol's.

Oddly enough, I don't find his promise to stay on as long as possible particularly soothing.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Prime Minister Prayut Chan Ocha has confirmed he will stay on as caretaker in the role as long as required

As required by whom?

I want Prayut going away...but Pita does his best to let Prayut look like a reasonable PM in compare......

That is a sad state of the political landscape....

Relinquishing power is hard for dictators. He just can’t help it. If he’s got half a brain he’d quietly wash his hands off keeping his loot disappearing in the sunset. Maybe he’s afraid if he lets go, they’ll come after him. 

Talk about shifty eyes that pic should have been caught years ago. 
might have been a election loser for him.