Thailand’s Pheu Thai party chooses Paetongtarn Shinawatra as PM candidate

Thailand’s Pheu Thai party has chosen 37-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of billionaire former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as its candidate for prime minister, it announced on Thursday, a day after a court dismissed the incumbent premier in an ethics case.

“We decide to nominate Paetongtarn Shinawatra,” party secretary general Sorawong Thienthong told a press conference in Bangkok.

Lawmakers will vote on Friday in parliament – where Pheu Thai heads a governing coalition – on whether to approve Paetongtarn as prime minister.

Pheu Thai party’s prime ministerial candidates Paetongtarn Shinawatra (left) and former incumbent premier Srettha Thavisin. Photo: AFP

The vote comes after Thailand’s Constitutional Court sacked premier Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday after ruling he had breached regulations by appointing a cabinet minister with a criminal conviction.

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