Srettha royally endorsed as new PMPrime Minister-elect Srettha Thavisin meets media members at the Pheu Thai Party headquarters on Tuesday night after parliamentarians voted him in as the new prime minister. "His Majesty has given royal assent for the 30th prime minister of Thailand," Kampee Ditthakorn told reporters. Mr Srettha is scheduled to receive the royal endorsement at the Pheu Thai Party headquarters at 6pm on Wednesday, Mr Kampee said. Almost all of the votes against Mr Srettha came from the Move Forward Party, which won the May 14 general election but could not get its leader, Pita Limjaroenrat, approved. I will do my best, forget tiredness in the past and improve the living conditions of all Thai people," Mr Srettha said on Tuesday.

Source: Bangkok Post August 23, 2023 13:52 UTC