THAILAND-LIU JIANCHAO-CPC DELEGATION-VISIT

THAILAND-LIU JIANCHAO-CPC DELEGATION-VISIT

(240401) -- BANGKOK, April 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with Leader of the Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Pirapan Salirathavibhaga in Thailand, March 31, 2024. Liu Jianchao led a CPC delegation on a visit to Thailand from Friday to Sunday. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)

Thai PM joins new party ahead of general election

STORY: Thai PM joins new party ahead of general election DATELINE: Jan. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the party's general assembly STORYLINE: Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday officially joined the Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party (United Thai Nation Party) to run for this year's general election. At the party's general assembly held at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Prayut was nominated as the party's candidate for prime minister. "While in office, I know the problems that holding Thailand back. If I have another chance, I will put greater effort solving those problems," Prayut said at the event. The Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, founded in March 2021, is led by Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, current secretary-general to the prime minister. According to Thailand's election law, election candidates must have been in a party for at least 90 days from the date of election. If the House of Representatives finishes its term on March 2