Getting bored with the prime minister's weekly talks? Prayut Chan-o-cha has a suggestion.
Gen Prayut, who has monopolised local prime-time airwaves every Friday evening since he took office following a coup two years ago, admitted he's been depriving viewers of their favourite soap operas.
"I always talk too much and I get tired," he said in an interview on his Bringing Happiness to All Thais broadcast. "The people listening in turn get bored."
Then the prime minister offered a solution. His talks would be shorter, he said, if viewers helped him to solve the country's problems and put an end to "distorted" information.
Gen Prayut spends 60 minutes or more every Friday on his pre-recorded show explaining in great detail what his government has been doing over the past week. He also updates viewers on what the National Council for Peace and Order has been doing to push for reforms and reconciliation and other policies including plans to move the country forward.
One of the most frequently mentioned subjects in recent weeks has been the new draft constitution and the referendum in which the public will be asked to deliver its verdict. He also has been defending the use of the draconian Section 44 of the interim charter, insisting that actions taken against opponents of his government have not been in violation of human rights and freedom of expression.
The prime minister has urged voters more than once to read the draft carefully before making a decision on voting day on Aug 7, instead of letting themselves to be swayed by critics or supporters.
"If you want me to talk less and take less time out of your soap opera line-up, then help me," he said. "Help me do my job so I don't have to talk so much."
But viewers on Friday were also given a hint that they will have to live with him at least for some time.
"I have to say the same things over and over again because the issues still remain. They keep coming back again," he said. "Things are still distorted."