A ranar 22 ga watan Mayun shekarar 2014 ne rundunar sojojin kasar Thailand karkashin jagorancin Janar Prayut Chan-o-cha, kwamandan rundunar sojojin kasar ta Royal Thai Army (RTA), suka kaddamar da juyin mulkin, wanda shi ne karo na 12 tun bayan juyin mulkin farko da aka yi a kasar a shekarar 1932. gwamnatin rikon kwarya ta Thailand, bayan watanni shida na rikicin siyasa.^[85] Sojoji sun kafa gwamnatin mulkin soja mai suna National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) don gudanar da al'umma.Juyin mulkin dai ya kawo karshen rikicin siyasa tsakanin gwamnatin mulkin soja da mulkin dimokuradiyya, wanda ya kasance tun bayan juyin mulkin kasar Thailand a shekara ta 2006 da aka fi sani da ‘juyin mulkin da ba a gama ba’.^[86] Shekaru 7 bayan haka, ta haɓaka cikin zanga-zangar Thai ta 2020 don sake fasalin masarautar Thailand.Bayan rusa gwamnati da majalisar dattawa, NCPO ta baiwa shugabanta ikon zartarwa da na majalisa tare da umurci bangaren shari’a ya yi aiki a karkashin umarninta.Bugu da kari, wani bangare ya soke kundin tsarin mulki na 2007, sai dai babi na biyu wanda ya shafi sarki, ^[87] ya ayyana dokar ta-baci da dokar hana fita a fadin kasar, da haramta taron siyasa, kamawa da tsare 'yan siyasa da masu fafutukar juyin mulki, sanya takunkumin Intanet da kuma kwace iko da shi. kafafen yada labarai.NCPO ta fitar da kundin tsarin mulki na wucin gadi wanda ya ba wa kanta afuwa da cikakken iko.^{[88 <]} > NCPO kuma ta kafa majalisar dokoki ta ƙasa da sojoji suka mamaye wanda daga baya suka zaɓi Janar Prayut gaba ɗaya a matsayin sabon firaministan ƙasar.^[89]