Thailand’s Ex- PM Thaksin Shinawatra is set to return to the kingdom on Tuesday (Aug 22), the same day as a key parliamentary vote could end a political deadlock, his daughter said.
The 74-year-old billionaire was ousted in a 2006 military coup and has spent 15 years in self-exile
His return will coincide with an afternoon vote on whether to approve Srettha Thavisin – from the Thaksin-linked Pheu Thai Party – as prime minister and end months of political uncertainty since a May general election.
To become premier, Srettha needs to muster a majority across the lower house of 500 elected MPs, and the 250-member senate that was handpicked by the kingdom’s last junta.