Thailand’s Prayuth Maneuvers to Stay in Power

As elections loom, premier may be forced to flee his own party for one that would back him

With Thailand’s national elections less than six months away, the country’s wily dictator Prayuth Chan-ocha is once again looking for ways to extend his eight-year premiership, which began in 2014 with a military coup. There is a growing split in his military-dominated Palang Pracharat Party that is likely to impel Prayuth to form his own party or find …