Thailand sets date of first general election since coup
Thailand's Election Commission on Wednesday announced that the nation's first general election since the military seized power in a 2014 coup will be held on March 24.
The long-awaited announcement came just hours after Thailand's royal palace issued a decree authorizing the polls.
The decree published Wednesday in the Royal Gazette put into effect election laws that were drafted by the military government, which has kept tight control over political activities and made efforts to quash dissent.
