Thai court rules Prayut can stay on as prime minister

Thailand's Constitutional Court ruled Friday that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha can stay on in his job, after suspending him from the post in August amid a dispute over the duration of his tenure.With the current Constitution stipulating the premier can serve for a total of eight years, the opposition asked the court to rule on whether the former coup leader had already done so, including his time as interim prime minister of a junta government following the 2014 coup.In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled his term as prime minister began on April 6, 2017, when the current Constitution was p…READ FULL ARTICLE