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Thai parliament to vote for new PM on Friday
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by Sanjay Jha | September 10, 2008 at 01:09 am
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After the Thai court removed the prime minister in Thailand for taking money to host a TV cooking show. The Court decision completly stumped Samak Sundaravej's government who have been fending off fierce opposition for some time. But now Thailand's Parliament is meeting on Friday to elect a new Prime Minister.
Thailand's parliament will hold an emergency session on Friday to name a new prime minister, after a court forced Samak Sundaravej out of office over a scandal surrounding his TV cooking shows.
"The process will start at 9:30 am (0230 GMT) on Friday, and each MP will have to vote openly in a roll call vote," top parliamentary official Pitoon Punhiran said.
"The only item on the agenda is to elect the prime minister," Pitoon said. The Constitutional Court on Tuesday forced Samak out of office, ruling that he had illegally accepted payments for hosting TV cooking shows.
But the judges did not bar Samak from politics, and senior officials in the ruling People Power Party (PPP) had said they would use their parliamentary majority to vote him back into power.
After a key coalition partner voiced concern over re-electing Samak, the party's deputy leader indicated that PPP members were now "consulting" on possible candidates
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at 03:34 on September 10th, 2008
Sanjay Jha, I like this story. It's good stuff. In some ways this re-inforces 'democracy' in Thailand since it shows the Separation of Powers is alive and working. But the affair is such a farce which I find quite sad. The so called PAD isnt at all democratic - started by that ex MP who is an orator (I forget his name but last year he got big crowds to his Friday open air speeches and that was the start of PAD, well supported by business groups in Bangkok. Neither side is really going anywhere since the middle classes are angry that the peasants find the PPP attractive and the PAD beieve all peasants are ignorant!