Thai party accepts king's edict barring princess as PM candidate

Monarch calls nomination by pro-Thaksin group 'inappropriate'

MASAYUKI YUDA, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- The Thai Raksa Chart Party said Saturday that it will comply with King Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun's order to keep members of the royal family from directly participating in the country's politics, dashing his sister Princess Ubolratana's hopes to run as a prime ministerial candidate for the party in the March general election.

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