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Thailand’s house speaker says PM vote postponed
2023.08.03 02:01
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A general view of the parliament on the day of the second vote for a new prime minister, at the parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, July 19, 2023.REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s house speaker said on Thursday that a parliamentary vote to select the country’s next prime minister would be postponed, prolonging a political deadlock that has stretched on since a May general election.
A vote had been previously scheduled to be held on Friday.
(Reporting Panarat Thepgumpanat, Writing by Devjyot Ghoshal; Editing by Edmund Klamann)
