Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has kept tight-lipped on the main opposition Pheu Thai Party's indication that Gen Prawit Wongsuwon -- his deputy and leader of the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) -- could be someone it could do business with in forging an alliance after the next polls and not him.
Gen Prayut walked away when he was asked by reporters at Government House to comment on Pheu Thai's position on Gen Prawit, and a remark made by a PPRP MP that he should step aside and Gen Prawit run after the next election as the party's sole prime ministerial candidate.
The prime minister was also asked for his reaction to the suggestion that he and Gen Prawit should split the four-year premiership tenure equally after the next election, assuming the PPRP is given a chance to lead the next government. Again, Gen Prayut declined to answer.
