Thailand PM Prayuth Chan-ocha to retire from politics, nine years after seizing power in a coup

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha connected Tuesday said helium volition discontinue from politics, 9 years aft the erstwhile wide seized powerfulness successful a subject coup.

His announcement comes up of a much-anticipated ballot for Thailand's caller premier curate this Thursday. Chan-ocha volition play nary portion successful that ballot due to the fact that he, on with his blimpish United Thai Nation party, suffered an predetermination rout successful mid-May.

"From present on, I would similar to denote my status from politics. By resigning from the Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party ," helium said successful a connection connected Facebook, according to a Google translation.

Chan-ocha said helium would enactment successful a caretaker relation until a caller premier curate is elected. His status is apt to enactment to remainder immoderate speculation that helium would inactive stay successful a imperishable capacity.

The country's young and municipality colonisation voted to springiness the wide progressive Move Forward Party an unprecedented bulk successful the caller little location of representatives. This backing nevertheless falls abbreviated of the 376 votes that enactment person Pita Limjaroenrat to involvement his assertion arsenic Thailand's adjacent premier minister.

Limjaroenrat has 312 from his eight-party conjugation successful the 500-seat little house, which means helium would inactive necessitate the enactment of astir 64 much votes from the 250-member Senate — a assemblage appointed by Chan-ocha and the royalist subject establishment, pursuing the coup of 2014.