Thailand’s Parliament has convened to select a new prime minister with the youngest daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra expected to be nominated. The vote Friday would come two days after a court removed the last prime minister over an ethical violation. Paetongtarn Shinawatra is the leader of the Pheu Thai party.
Leader of Pheu Thai Party, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of Thailand ’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra , wave before press conference in Bangkok, Thailand , Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. Leader of Pheu Thai Party, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of Thailand ’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra , third form left, and coalition partners shake hand during press conference in Bangkok, Thailand , Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024.
When Paetongtarn was on the campaign trail for Pheu Thai, she acknowledged her family ties but insisted she was not just her father’s proxy.Daughter of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin will be nominated as new leader in parliamentary vote“It’s not the shadow of my dad. I am my dad’s daughter, always and forever, but I have my own decisions,” she told a reporter.
Paetongtarn’s nomination followed the removal of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday after less than a year in office. The Constitutional Court found him guilty of a serious ethical breach regarding hisPheu Thai and its predecessors had won all national elections since 2001, with core populist policies pledging to solve economic problems and bridge income equality, until it lost to the reformist Move Forward in 2023.
A candidate now needs just a majority from the lower house, or at least 247 votes. The current 11 party-coalition led by Pheu Thai now has 314 lawmakers in the lower house, and they have
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