Thailand MPs elect new House speaker

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Thailand MPs elect new House speaker

STORY: Thailand MPs elect new House speaker DATELINE: July 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the election of new House speaker STORYLINE: Thailand's former president of the bicameral National Assembly, Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, was elected as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives on Tuesday after his nomination for the position in the parliament was uncontested. Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the Move Forward Party, nominated Wan Noor in a parliamentary session where the newly elected 500-member lower house convened to elect its new speaker, first deputy speaker, and second deputy speaker. In his address to the parliament, Wan Noor, leader of the Prachachat Party, said that he will be politically neutral and will adhere to the king's instructions given on Monday during the official opening of the new parliamentary session. Under the Thai constitution, the House speaker will also be the president of the National Assembly. After the King has royall

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