PM Prayut to run for re-election


Joining the fray: Prayut speaking during the event to unveil the party’s candidates list and campaign for the election in Bangkok. — Reuters

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was officially nominated for re-election as his party’s first candidate for the country’s next leader in polls set for May 14.

Prayut, 69, is running with the new United Thai Nation Party, and will likely face Pheu Thai party’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter and niece of two former premiers from the billionaire family.

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