Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday vented his frustration at the media, accusing them without naming names of attempting to destroy the “honor” of Thai premiership.
While delivering a speech on the occasion of Anti-Human Trafficking Day, the prime minister unexpectedly took on the media. It wasn’t immediately clear what triggered his outburst.
Judging from his grumbling, however, journalists at the Government House believed that he had been irked by certain news reports critical of him and his government. But when asked by a reporter which newspaper columns had offended him, he did not respond but merely said: “because I am human. I am a man and I work for men, for Thailand, for Thai people. I am what I am, but I will make this duty honorable, with dignity here and abroad. But I don’t understand why several people try to destroy the honor of the prime minister – not me but the prime minister of Thailand. “
He complained that the Thai media have given the impression that as prime minister he has completely failed and his four-year term in office was a complete waste.
“You (media) said I am dismounting from a tiger’s back. But I don’t think I am riding on a tiger’s back, nor am I a tiger. I speak frankly today and I will wait and see whether I will receive any cooperation (from the media). If not, then we will stop talking,” said the prime minister.
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