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Newly-elected Pheu Thai Party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra, youngest daughter of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, poses for photos - AFP

(FILES) Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra greets his supporters after landing at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport on Aug 22, 2023. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)

Thailand’s jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has requested a royal pardon from the eight-year jail term he is serving, outgoing justice minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said. - (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP)

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra greets his supporters after landing at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport on August 22, 2023. Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP

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

Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha speaks to the press after a cabinet meeting at Government House in Bangkok on May 16, 2023. - (Photo by LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

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