BANGKOK — Thailand's army chief has pledged not to stage a coup, as political parties geared up for final campaign rallies on Friday (May 12) ahead of an election that could see the military-backed government voted out.
General Narongpan Jitkaewthae made the pledge despite the army seizing power a dozen times in Thailand in the past century, most recently in 2014.
Pheu Thai is well ahead in the polls, but winning most seats in the lower house is no guarantee of taking power. Thousands of supporters are expected to turn out at noisy and colourful final rallies for the main parties later on Friday. Mr Prayut, 69, has billed himself as the man with the experience needed to steer the country through turbulent times.
The Shinawatra family's bitter tussle with the royalist-military establishment has been at the centre of Thailand's rolling political drama.
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