Thailand’s House of Representatives has new speaker

5/27/2019 - 11:39:56 AM

The House of Representatives of Thailand elected Chuan Leekpai from the Democrat Party as is new speaker on May 25th.

Newly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand Chuan Leekpai.

At the House’s first meeting the same day, Chuan Leekpai obtained 258 votes, winning his rival Sompong Amornvivat from the Pheu Thai Party by 23 votes.

Chuan Leekpai, 80, a senior member of the Democrat Party, served as the Prime Minster of Thailand for two terms, the first between 1992 and 1995, and the second between 1997 and 2001. He joined the Democrat Party in 1969 and became its leader in 1991.

Thailand’s National Assembly includes the House of Representatives and the Senate. The House of Representatives comprises 500 seats with a four-year tenure.

Earlier, on May 24th, former President of Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly (NLA) Pornpetch Wichitcholchai was elected as the new Speaker of the Senate with a five-year tenure./.

Source: CPV

Removing “bottlenecks” in global problems

The Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the world’s leading developed and emerging economies (G20) recently held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil emphasised the need to reform global governance institutions, especially the United Nations Security Council. The meeting is also an opportunity for G20 to find solutions to a series of hot issues facing the world, such as poverty, climate change, and conflict.

ASEAN FMs issue statement on maintaining, promoting stability in maritime sphere in Southeast Asia

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers on December 30 issued a statement on maintaining and promoting stability in the maritime sphere in Southeast Asia.

Optimistic signals of the world economy

The world economy has overcome a challenging year, but has proven more resilient than expected. The Financial Times (UK) commented that 2023 was a positive year for the world economy as the economic surprise index collated by Citigroup shew that actual data have underwhelmed economists’ predictions for much of the past months. These economic trends are the basis for optimism about the world economy in 2024.