- The magnate becomes the third chief of the kingdom in two years.
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- The coalition supports Anutine provided for the first elections.
Bangkok: The Thai magnate Anutin Charnvirakul took office as Prime Minister on Sunday, the conservative of the cannabis championship referring to the country’s dominant political dynasty and the course of elections at the start of next year.
Since 2023 elections, the high office of Thailand has been monopolized by the Pheu Thai party of the Shinatawatra dynasty-a populist force that has long landed with the pro-monarchy and pro-military establishment.
But the heiress of the Paetongtarn Shinawatra dynasty was dismissed last month by the court order, and Anutin rushed to reconstruct his own coalition government – winning a voting by Parliament on Friday to close Pheu Thai out of power.
Anutin was previously assistant, Minister of the Interior and Minister of Health – but is perhaps the most famous for being the architect of the decriminalization of cannabis in 2022 in Thailand.
The construction magnate becomes the third chief of the kingdom in two years and will also serve as Minister of the Interior. But he took power with the conditional coalition support for the dissolution of the Parliament within four months to organize new elections.
“Although we don’t have much time, I hope to receive everyone’s cooperation,” Anutin told journalists after taking office.
“My government will operate tirelessly,” he added. “We will devote ourselves to work because we are only four months old.”
His mandate officially started after the royal approval of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, read aloud during an official ceremony at the headquarters of the Bhumjaithai party in Anutin in Bangkok.
“His Majesty the King approved Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul to be the Prime Minister from now on,” said the secretary general of the lower chamber of Parliament Arpath Sukhanunt, reading the royal command.
Decline dynasty
Anutine is also known to manage the COVVI-19 response from Thailand dependent on tourism and caused a reaction after accused Westerners of spreading the virus.
It was once an ally of the Shinawatras – which has been a dominant force in Thai politics since the beginning of the century, but which is more and more lacking after a succession of legal and political setbacks.
Anutin abandoned his coalition with their group of Pheu Thai this summer in an apparent indignation at the conduct of Paetongtarn at a border with neighboring Cambodia.
The Constitutional Court of Thailand concluded on August 29 that the conduct had violated ministerial ethics and had dismissed it after only one year in power.
Thaksin Shinawatra, the patriarch of the dynasty, flew from the kingdom in advance on the voting of Parliament Friday confirming Anutin – to Dubai, where he said that he would make friends and seek medical treatment.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to rule on Tuesday in a business in Thaksin’s hospital following its return from exile in August 2023, a decision which could affect the validity of the early release of the former prison of last year’s prison.
Although his guilt is not the subject of the case, some analysts say that the verdict could see him imprisoned.
Thaksin on social networks promised to return from Dubai to attend the date of “in person”.
“I and my colleagues were faced with legal intimidation, but the past is now behind us,” said Anutin on Sunday.
“My government will join the law and will not interfere in the judicial system, leaving the law to follow its course.”
