Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has announced his retirement from politics, promising to stay in charge temporarily, nine years after he took power in a military coup.
His announcement on Tuesday followed the heavy defeat of his military-backed United Thai Nation party in the May 14 election, which won just 36 of the 500 house seats. An upstart movement of young monarchy critics, led by the progressive Move Forward Party, was the single biggest winner in the election.
