this is general prayuth.an election. today, police are lining the streets expecting more protests from activists who want the prime minister gone. he's been widely criticised for his government's failure there are a lot of complaints against general prayuth that have been brewing up for a long time mostly the broad unpopularity, very much about covid. there are other governments in this region also struggling. the lack of preparedness. we've seen a new prime minister in malaysia last month, and injapan. those are not unique to thailand, but general prayuth made a coup seven years ago. there's a general feeling that he's out one his welcome, general prayuth led a coup seven years ago. as a general feeling... which make it very difficult even in his own party who want to replace him to find another candidate. i think the perception is he's out more in his welcome and no longer has much public confidence. they can't hold an election will covid is as rampant as it is right now, but i think we will see an election

this is general prayuth.ction. today, police are lining the streets expecting more protests from activists who want the prime minister gone. he's been widely criticised for his government's failure to deal with a serious outbreak of covid—19 this year. here's our correspondent in bangkok, jonathan head. there are a lot of complaints against the general that have been brewing up for a long time mostly the broad unpopularity, very much about covid. there are other governments in this region also struggling. the lack of preparedness. we've seen a new prime minister in malaysia last month, and injapan. those are not unique to thailand, but general prayuth made a coup seven years ago. there's a general feeling that he's out one his welcome, he's irascible and not particularly good at dealing with a very complex situation right now. their problem is he's written the rules. it makes it very difficult for those in his own party to find another candidate. there's a limited choice of candidates that can legally replace