Thai prime minister dissolves parliament for new elections early next year
發佈日期: 2025-12-12 22:33
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Thailand's Parliament has been dissolved for new elections early next year. This, as the country remains engaged in clashes with Cambodia.
Thailand's Parliament was dissolved Friday for new elections early next year in a country engaged in deadly fighting with Cambodia.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters in Bangkok his decision was based on the main opposition People's Party withdrawal of support in parliament.
He was speaking at Government House, where he also presided over a Merit-making ceremony on Friday, in tribute to Thailand's Queen Mother Sirikit, who died in October.
Anutin won the September vote in Parliament with support from the People's Party in exchange for a promise to dissolve Parliament within four months and organise a referendum on the drafting of a new constitution by an elected constituent assembly.
The election must be held 45 to 60 days after the royal endorsement.
His action comes at a tricky political moment, as Thailand is engaged in large-scale combat with Cambodia over long-disputed border claims.
US President Donald Trump had pushed the two countries to agree on a ceasefire by threatening to withhold trade privileges from them.
Meanwhile, locals in Cambodia near the border with Thailand are stuck waiting for news of when they could return home.
About two dozen people were reported killed in the fighting this week.
Hundreds of thousands have been displaced on both sides.
