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House to convene Monday to elect new Thai PM: Speaker
House to convene Monday to elect new Thai PM: Speaker
BANGKOK, Dec 11 (TNA) - Thailand's House of Representatives will vote for a new prime minister on Monday after His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej approved a royal decree for an extraordinary session of Parliament, according to the house speaker.
"The meeting is scheduled on Monday at 9:30 am," House Speaker Chai Chidchob said on Thursday.
Earlier, the Democrat Party gathered names of all its MPs in the House of Representatives for submission to the House Speaker to petition his opening of an extraordinary session of Parliament to elect a new prime minister.
The rival Democrat and the Puea Thai parties are now vying to form a new government, with both claiming they have enough Members of Parliament on their side to form a new government.
The new prime minister will succeed Somchai Wongsawat, who was barred from politics for five years by the Constitution Court on December 2 in last year's electoral fraud case.
The court ruling also dissolved the ruling People Power Party (PPP) and two of its coalition partners -- the Chart Thai and Machimathipataya parties. (TNA)
BANGKOK, Dec 11 (TNA) - Thailand's House of Representatives will vote for a new prime minister on Monday after His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej approved a royal decree for an extraordinary session of Parliament, according to the house speaker.
"The meeting is scheduled on Monday at 9:30 am," House Speaker Chai Chidchob said on Thursday.
Earlier, the Democrat Party gathered names of all its MPs in the House of Representatives for submission to the House Speaker to petition his opening of an extraordinary session of Parliament to elect a new prime minister.
The rival Democrat and the Puea Thai parties are now vying to form a new government, with both claiming they have enough Members of Parliament on their side to form a new government.
The new prime minister will succeed Somchai Wongsawat, who was barred from politics for five years by the Constitution Court on December 2 in last year's electoral fraud case.
The court ruling also dissolved the ruling People Power Party (PPP) and two of its coalition partners -- the Chart Thai and Machimathipataya parties. (TNA)
