Overview

• Anutin won the House vote by 311–152 according to unofficial tallies, and he still awaits formal royal appointment before taking office.
• The People’s Party backed him from the opposition on the condition that Parliament be dissolved within four months and that steps toward constitutional reform proceed, including a referendum on an elected charter‑drafting assembly.
• Pheu Thai’s attempt to dissolve Parliament was rejected by the king’s Privy Council, and its nominee Chaikasem Nitisiri lost the premiership vote.
• The leadership change follows the Constitutional Court’s Aug. 29 removal of Paetongtarn Shinawatra for an ethics breach tied to a leaked call with Cambodia’s Hun Sen.
• Hours before the vote, Thaksin Shinawatra flew to Dubai ahead of a Sept. 9 Supreme Court ruling on the legality of his release and said he would return for the hearing.