ASEAN Beat

When Will Thailand’s Elusive Election Be Held?

Recent Features

ASEAN Beat

When Will Thailand’s Elusive Election Be Held?

The latest read on the ever-shifting timeline for Thailand’s election.

In Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s first public address just over a week after the May 22 coup last year, he said that the ruling junta he led had a time frame of a year and three months to move towards elections.

Yet as The Diplomat has been reporting, that deadline has been repeatedly delayed – first into 2016 and now into 2017 (See: “When Will Thailand Hold its Next Election?”). The rejection of a new draft constitution earlier this month was just the latest sign that the ruling junta is likely to extend its reign far longer than it had earlier indicated (See: “Thailand Completes Troubling New Constitution”).

[...]
Dreaming of a career in the Asia-Pacific?
Try The Diplomat's jobs board.
Find your Asia-Pacific job