Almost certain to overshadow Tuesday's vote will be the likely return of Thaksin, a former premier who is loved and loathed in the Southeast Asian country.
Supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra gather in wait for his arrival outside Don Mueang International Airport on August 22, 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. Self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was due to return to Thailand on Tuesday, the same day that parliament holds a vote on who will become Prime Minister after nearly three months of political deadlock, wire reports said.
The winner of five elections over the past two decades, Pheu Thai, a political juggernaut founded by the billionaire Shinawatra family, has agreed aincluding two parties backed by a military that overthrew two of its governments in coups in 2006 and 2014.
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