Thailand's Army Chief Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratklin on Wednesday denied that he had decided to contest the next election for the post of prime minister by leading a political party based in central province of Lop Buri, according to local media.
Sonthi, who is also the leader of last year's military coup which ousted the then prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, said he has never said that he would contest the next election in Lop Buri.
He said he would have to wait until October before he could be certain about his political future, local news group The Nation reported.
Sonthi said many private firms had approached him to become their chairman by offering him salary between 800,000 to 1.5 million baht (about 23,530 to 44,118 U.S. dollars) per month, so he was still choosing between entering politics or joining a firm.
Referring to former Thai Rak Thai Member of Parliament (MP) Wiwatchai na Kalasin had set up a political party and would like to invite him to head the party, Sonthi said he had not been approached yet but he was willing to talk to Wiwatchai.
Source: Xinhua
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