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Thai Junta Leader Prayuth About to Fall?

Public weary of pompous strongman

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John Berthelsen
Aug 20, 2022
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After eight years as prime minister after heading a 2014 coup against a democratically elected government, it is starting to appear that without some extraordinary finesse by Thailand’s Constitutional Court, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha could actually lose his job when his constitutionally mandated term ends on August 24 – next Wednesday – sources in Bangkok …

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