BANGKOK, Aug 16 — Thai lawmakers voted today on whether to appoint the 37-year-old daughter of billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister, elevating a third member of the...
Calling super crispy Thai omelette fans... Yak Yim Thai Kitchen in Taman Paramount serves a great one with good ‘pad thai’ and ‘pad see ew’Pheu Thai party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra , known by her nickname ‘Ung Ing’ and daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra , greets members of the media at local news outlet Voice TV in front of her husband Pitaka Suksawat in Bangkok August 16, 2024.
The vote was forced after the kingdom’s Constitutional Court sacked premier Srettha Thavisin for appointing a cabinet minister with a criminal conviction. Bhumjaithai — the third-largest party in parliament — said it had “agreed to support a candidate” from Pheu Thai in today’s vote.“We are confident that the party and coalition parties will lead our country,” she said after the party announced her candidacy.
Less than a year later, he became the third Pheu Thai prime minister to be kicked out by the Constitutional Court. Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra greets supporters with his youngest daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra , known by her nickname ‘Ung Ing,’ after landing at Bangkok’s Don Mueang airport on August 22, 2023. — AFP picThaksin Shinawatra has cast a remarkable shadow over the kingdom’s politics for two decades.
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