Both houses of Thailand's parliament convened on Wednesday for the first ti...
BANGKOK - Both houses of Thailand’s parliament convened on Wednesday for the first time since a 2014 coup to choose either the ruling junta leader or a rising opposition star to be the Southeast Asian nation’s next prime minister.
The retired general is considered to have a heavy advantage over Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, a charismatic political upstart nominated by the opposition Democratic Front of seven parties that want to remove the military from politics. A new prime minister will need at least 376 votes, or more than half the parliament. That includes 500 members in the lower House of Representatives elected in the March election and 250 senators, who were all appointed by the junta.
Former Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva resigned from his post as a member of parliament earlier on Wednesday, saying he could not break a pre-election promise and vote along with his party to support Prayuth.
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