- Parliament confirms Anutin as PM that ends the one -week energy vacuum cleaner.
- The prime minister receives the support of People’s Party, which contains the plurality of the seats.
- Apex court due to the rule on Tuesday on the stay at the Thaksin hospital.
The next Prime Minister of Thailand has pledged to fulfill his promise to take the interim fractured government to new surveys.
The conservative magnitude Anutin Charnvirakul was confirmed by Parliament on Friday, ending a power vacuum a week after the expulsion of his predecessor, Paetongtran Shinawatra.
The construction tycoon improvised a coalition of opposition blocks to exclude Pheu Thai, the patriarch electoral vehicle of the Shinawatra dynasty once dominant Thaksin.
He received the support of the Popular Party, which has a plurality of seats, with the condition that the Parliament dissolves in four months for new elections.
“I will follow all the agreements,” he said on Friday outside his headquarters.
“We must bring back the spirit of the ‘Land of Smiles’ to our country during my short time in office,” he said, adding that he did not like the conflict.
Anutin went to the unexpected flight of the kingdom of Thaksin the night before the vote on Friday, and days before a judicial case, bound for Dubai, where he said he would visit friends and seek medical treatment.
“There will be no favoritism, no persecution or revenge,” said Anutin.
The Supreme Court must rule on Tuesday in a case on the stay of the Thaksin Hospital after its return from exile in August 2023, a verdict that some analysts say they could see it imprisoned.
Anutin’s right Bhumjaithai party entered coalition with Pheu Thai in 2023, but retired in June due to PaetongTran’s misconduct in a filtered phone call with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen.
The Shinawatras have been a pillar of Thai politics during the last two decades, entering with the Pro-Monarchy and Pro-Military establishment that considers them a threat to the traditional social order of the kingdom.
But they have faced a series of setbacks, including the elimination of Paetongtran last week.
Anutin previously served as Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Minister of Health, but perhaps is more famous for fulfilling the promise to legalize cannabis in 2022.
His elevation to the Premier League must still be supported by the king of Thailand to become official.
