Thai opinion poll shows majority want an early election

FILE PHOTO: A protester shows the three-finger salute near the Government House, as the Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha from official duties on Wednesday, after deciding to hear a petition to review his legally mandated eight-year term limit, in Bangkok, Thailand, August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

BANGKOK (Reuters) - More than 60 percent of Thais want the government to dissolve parliament and call an early election, according to a recent opinion poll, as the country's Constitutional Court considers the future of suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha.

Prayuth, 68, was suspended from duty by the court last month over a petition filed by the main opposition Pheu Thai party that argued Prayuth's time spent as head of a military junta after a 2014 coup should count towards his constitutionally stipulated eight-year term limit.