Thai coup leader General Prayuth Chan-Ocha says elections will be held in 14 months at the earliest, dpa reported. In a televised address before the nation, Prayuth broke down his vision for Thailand into three phases. The first phase of will be military rule for 1-2 months where efforts will be undertaken to achieve national reconciliation. The second phase would involve the drawing up of a working constitution by "experts" and a junta appointed government which would rule for at least one year. The third and final phase would be a general election that was acceptable to all sides. Prayuth went at lengths to explain the country had severely stagnated over 9 years of political protests and the army felt it had no choice but to step in. -- SPA 21:21 LOCAL TIME 18:21 GMT تغريد
