US EditionThai PM moves to dissolve parliament, setting stage for elections
Prime Minister Anutin cited a fragmented minority government and border clashes with Cambodia, with elections mandated within 45 to 60 days after royal approval, officials said.
- On Dec 12, King Maha Vajiralongkorn endorsed a decree dissolving parliament, as Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said, `I am returning power to the people` ahead of elections.
- Amid a legislative impasse over charter changes, lawmakers deadlocked on Section 256/28, while a dispute with the People's Party and no-confidence threats prompted dissolution, Siripong Angkasakulkiat said.
- At least 20 people were killed and nearly 200 wounded in clashes along the Thailand–Cambodia border, but Anutin insisted dissolving parliament would not disrupt military operations at more than a dozen locations.
- Elections must be held within 45 to 60 days after the royal decree, while Anutin leads a caretaker government with limited powers and no new budget approval.
- Amid political instability, Anutin became Thailand's third prime minister since August 2023 after his Bhumjaithai Party left the coalition and faced criticism over last month's southern Thailand flood.
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Thailand’s Prime Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, has dissolved Parliament this Friday and called for early elections, hours after aiming at this movement in order to “return power to the people”, in the midst of the upsurge of violence on the border with Cambodia, which has left more than twenty people dead this week. “The House of Representatives dissolves to hold a new legislative election for the members of the House”, reads a decree issued in…
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Thailand is set for an early election after King Maha Vajiralongkorn approved Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s request to dissolve parliament on Friday, amid an ongoing border conflict with Cambodia Anutin, late on Thursday, announced he was "returning power to the people", and King Maha Vajiralongkorn approved his petition to dissolve the house, according to a royal gazette posting overnight, paving the way for an election as early as Febru…
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In Thailand, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved the parliament.
Thailand dissolves parliament amid continued fighting with Cambodia
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved the House of Representatives after getting approval from the King on Friday. The country is now set to hold elections early next year despite an ongoing armed conflict with neighbouring Cambodia.
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