Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 2014, i whakatau te Kooti Whakatau i te pōtitanga, kāore i rite ki te ture, nā te mea kāore i tū te pōti i te rā kotahi puta noa i te motu. Whai muri i te whakaaetanga i waenga i te Komihana Pooti me te kawanatanga o Yingluck, i whakaritea nga pooti hou mo te 20 o Hurae. Heoi anō, i whakakorehia ngā pōtitanga i muri i tētahi
Ko te mahi a te kawanatanga i te marama o Mei i whakakorehia te kawanatanga i pootihia, ka whakauruhia he kawanatanga hoia e mohiotia ana ko te National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), i arahina e General Prayut Chan-o-cha, i taua wa ko ia te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o te Royal Thai Army. Ko te NCPO, i te wa i riro ai te mana, i kii tana hiahia ki te whakahaere i nga pooti whanui i muri i te whakatutukitanga o nga whakahoutanga me te whakaputa i tetahi kaupapa ture hou.