Thai army chief General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup last year, said on Friday he had no desire to be prime minister after a general election promised by year's end."I won't take it," Sonthi told Channel 3 Television when asked what he would do if he was offered the top job after elections due to be held under a new constitution.
Sonthi, who led the bloodless Sept. 19 coup -- Thailand's first in 15 years -- said he did not favor having the new charter provide for a non-elected prime minister.
"I can assure you that I support the idea that a prime minister must be a member of parliament," he said, shooting down proposals by some generals and charter-drafters for an appointed prime minister.
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