Thailand 'needs people who know how to do the job. If they have never done it, they can't do it,' Prayut said.
The former army chief, who came to power in a coup in 2014, faces a difficult challenge from a resurgent opposition fronted by Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of billionaire former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
Thailand"needs people who know how to do the job. If they have never done it, they can't do it," Prayut told Thairath TV. Prayut and his party are lagging in the polls behind Paetongtarn's Pheu Thai and the pro-reform Move Forward Party led by Pita Limjaroenrat.Thailand is the only country in Southeast Asia -- apart from coup-hit Myanmar -- where GDP has not yet recovered to pre-pandemic levels, according to the World Bank.
To become prime minister, a candidate must win a majority of the 500 elected lower-house MPs as well as 250 military-appointed senators.
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