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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra prepares to bow in homage to the king's portrait after landing at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport. Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP

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Pheu Thai, the second largest party in the coalition with 141 seats, takes over the responsibility after Pita Limjaroenrat of Move Forward Party (MPF) failed to muster enough support on July 13 to be elected as the new prime minister. - Facebook

MFP leader and prime minister candidate Pita Limjaroenrat sits inside the Thai Parliament with fellow party members as deliberations proceed before the second round of the parliamentary vote to decide the country's next prime minister. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP

Move Forward Party’s leader and the coalition’s prime ministerial candidate, Pita Limjaroenrat said the party representatives of the alliance will convene weekly until they formally take power. - BERNAMA

Pheu Thai Party's prime ministerial candidates Paetongtarn Shinawatra (L) and Srettha Thavisin (R) address the media at the party's headquarters in Bangkok on May 15, 2023. Thailand's opposition Pheu Thai party said it was willing to join a coalition government led by the reformist Move Forward Party, after voters kicked out the ruling army-linked government. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)

TOPSHOT - Move Forward Party leader and prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat poses for media following a press conference at the party headquarters in Bangkok on May 15, 2023. Thai opposition leader Pita Limjaroenrat said he was ready to be prime minister after a stunning election result that left his upstart progressive party as the biggest in parliament. (Photo by Jack TAYLOR / AFP)

TOPSHOT - A voter casts a ballot at a polling station during Thailand’s general election in Bangkok on May 14, 2023. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

A man reads a Thai newspaper featuring front page coverage of Thailand's general election at a newsstand in Bangkok on May 15, 2023 - AFP

A man walks past a giant screen displaying live results at the Pheu Thai party headquarters in Bangkok on May 14, 2023, after vote counting began in Thailand's general election. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP)