BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s populist Pheu Thai party and its coalition partners on Thursday said they will nominate Pheu Thai leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra in a Parliament vote for the country’s new leader after former Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin w
BANGKOK — Thailand’s populist Pheu Thai party and its coalition partners on Thursday said they will nominate Pheu Thai leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra in a Parliament vote for the country’s new leader after former Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was removed by court order over an ethical violation.
If Paetongtarn is approved in Parliament's vote, which is scheduled for Friday, she will become Thailand’s second female prime minister and the country’s third leader from the Shinwatra family after her father and Yingluck. Thaksin was the first Thai politician ever to win an overall majority of seats. His residual popularity is a factor behind the support for Paetongtarn.
Pheu Thai finished second in last year's election but was given a chance to form a government after the winners, reformist Move Forward party, was blocked from taking power by the previous Senate, a military-appointed body. A candidate now needs just a majority from the lower house, or at least 247 votes. The House of Representatives now has 493 sitting members after six were banned from politics as a result of Move Forward's dissolution. Another lawmaker of the Bhumjaithai party is suspended awaiting a court ruling.
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