The next Thailand Prime Minister on Saturday promised 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.
Anutin received the support of the people’s party, which has a plurality of seats, under the conditions it committed on Saturday.
“I think we are clear in terms of policy that we are going to dissolve the Parliament in four months,” he said during a meeting at the headquarters of his party broadcast by the Thai media.
“I will try to form my cabinet as soon as possible,” he said, adding that the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Energy were already confirmed.
Thaksin unexpectedly left the kingdom before parliamentary vote, bound for Dubai, where he said he would visit friends and seek medical treatment.
The Supreme Court must rule on Tuesday in a case during a stay at the hospital after its return from exile in August 2023, a verdict that some analysts say they could see it imprisoned.
“There will be no favoritism, no persecution or revenge,” Anutin told reporters on Friday.
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, training 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 of decriminalizing cannabis in 2022.
His elevation to the Premier League must still be supported by the king of Thailand to become official.
