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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Thai PM, Election Commission agree to hold new vote in July

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra attends her cabinet economic meeting at the office of the Permanent Secretary of Defense in Bangkok Thailand's prime minister and the country's Election Commission agreed on Wednesday to hold an election in July despite the opposition's reluctance to say whether it will take part after boycotting a February poll that was later annulled. "The prime minister and the Election Commission agree on a July 20 election," Puchong Nutrawong, secretary-general of the commission, told reporters. Thailand has been in crisis since November and protesters disrupted the February election, which acting Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's party had been expected to win.




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