Thailand gets new Prime Minister June 5
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Thailand is scheduled to pick a new prime minister on June 5, Chuan
Leekpai, speaker of the House of Representatives, said on Friday.
“All MPs and senators will convene in a joint House of
Representatives & Senate meeting to vote for the prime minister,’’
Chuan said at a press conference.
The voting will be openly conducted on a roll call basis.
Earlier, Thailand’s Royal Gazette website issued two Royal
Announcements, saying King Maha Vajiralongkorn has formally approved the
naming of a House Speaker, two Deputy House Speakers, a Senate Speaker
and two Deputy Senate Speakers.
Both houses held ceremony to accept the announcements.
Given royal approval, former Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai of the
Democrat Party has been named House speaker while Suchart Tancharoen of
the Palang Pracharath Party and Supachai Phosu of the Bhumjaithai Party
have been named first and second deputy House speakers respectively.
In his capacity as House speaker, Chuan concurrently assumes the post of parliament president.
Former National Legislative Assembly President Pornpetch
Wichitcholchai has been appointed under royal approval as Senate speaker
while Singsuek Singphrai and Supachai Somcharoen have been appointed
first and second deputy Senate speakers respectively.
In his capacity as Senate speaker, Pornpetch concurrently assumed the post of deputy parliament president.
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