Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday said he would be happy to have a better person replace him as premier of Thailand and claimed he is tired of using his authority.

"If in the future, there is a person who is better, more capable and more honest than me, similarly honest, [he or she] would continue the work and be in charge of the country," he said.

"But being in power is not a fun matter. I am fed up with using power. I used the power to take care of good people and punish people who do bad things."


He said he had never expected to be prime minister and was surprised he had been in the post for six years.


He asked for the people to help promote national unity and said the 20-year national strategy does not mean he intends to stay in power for 20 years.

"I might die today or tomorrow, nobody knows," he said.

Meanwhile, anti-government protesters will hold a major rally on Sunday at Democracy Monument with a plan to march to an undisclosed location.

The United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration (UFTD) announced on its Facebook page they will start their rally that day at 4pm.

The UFTD urged protesters to turn out to reiterate their three core demands: Prayut's resignation, a charter rewrite and monarchy reform.