Thailand dissolves parliament for snap elections

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Thailand dissolved its parliament and will call oor a general election within 45 to 60 days, as PM Anutin Charnvirakul’s minority government faces an imminent no-confidence vote.

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00:00Now, Thailand has also dissolved parliament and will hold a general election within the next two months.

00:06The move comes as Prime Minister Anutin Chan-Virakul's minority government

00:10faces an imminent no-confidence vote just three months after taking office.

00:17Anutin said dissolving parliament was necessary to return political power to the people,

00:23citing border violence, political instability and the government's inability to govern effectively as a minority.

00:29The dissolution comes after nearly a week of fresh clashes along the Cambodian-Thai border.

00:35Anutin said the government had exhausted all administrative options

00:38but lacked the stability required to address multiple crises.

00:42Anutin, leader of the Bum Jai Thai Party, had previously pledged to dissolve parliament by the end of January.

00:48But he brought the election forward as his government lost the support of the Progressive People's Party,

00:54the largest party in parliament.

00:55With parliament now dissolved, Thailand is expected to head to the polls within 45 to 60 days.

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