Overview

• The royal palace declined to accept a dissolution decree from the caretaker government, clearing the path for the parliamentary vote.
• The largest opposition party backed Anutin on the condition that he dissolves parliament within four months to trigger new elections.
• Lawmakers gave Anutin a decisive lower-house majority, displacing Pheu Thai after a week of caretaker rule.
• Paetongtarn Shinawatra was removed by the Constitutional Court last week over an ethics breach tied to a phone call with Cambodia’s former leader Hun Sen.
• Thaksin Shinawatra left for Dubai hours before the vote and faces a Supreme Court hearing next week over his hospital stay after returning from exile.