Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa o te raru o te ao i timata i te marama o Noema 2013 me te whakaeke i te kawanatanga o Yingluck, i kii a Prayut ko te ope taua kaore e uru atu ki te patu. Heoi anō, i te marama o Mei 2014, i whakatūria e Prayut tētahi
i whakatūria e ia te kāwanatanga, ā, ka riro i a ia te mana o te whenua hei rangatira, hei kaiārahi NCPO. I muri mai ka tukuna e ia he kaupapa ture mo te wa poto e whakawhiwhia ana ki a ia he mana nui, me te tuku i a ia ano mo te whakatikatika i te patu. I te marama o Akuhata 2014, i tohua ia hei Pirimia e te whare ture a-motu e whakahaeretia ana e te ope taua.