Thailand gets new Prime Minister June 5
Thailand gets new Prime Minister June 5 May 31,2019 (Xinhua/NAN) 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 speaker...