Article 69ZPC Thailand: Paetongtarn Shinawatra leads polls as country heads towards election

Thailand: Paetongtarn Shinawatra leads polls as country heads towards election

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Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#69ZPC)

As parliament dissolves, party of Paetongtarn, whose father was deposed in 2006, has best chance of forming majority

Thailand's parliament has been dissolved, paving the way for an election in early May that will pit military-backed parties against the daughter of the former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed a decree to dissolve parliament, according to an announcement in the Royal Gazette on Monday. An election must be held between 45 and 60 days after the house's dissolution.

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