Politics back in fashion in Thailand despite poll delays


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  • Tuesday, 06 Mar 2018

FILE PHOTO: Pro-democracy activists wear masks mocking Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha as Pinocchio during a protest against junta at a university in Bangkok, Thailand, February 24, 2018. REUTERS/Panarat Thepgumpanat/File Photo

Baan Saladin, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha rowed a boat across a pond dotted with lotus leaves, planted some rice stalks in a field and turned to villagers who had come to meet him in Baan Saladin village in central Thailand.

Speaking of an oft-delayed general election, the 63-year-old Prayuth, who led a 2014 coup that ousted the last elected government, simply said: "Elect a good person."

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