Economics, Politics, Thailand - Friday, May 6, 2011 21:54 - 0 Comments

Emerging Markets: Thailand prepares to see if it has mended rifts

Emerging Markets, May 6 2011

Thailand will dissolve its parliament next week, setting the stage for a July election that will judge whether the government has succeeded in tackling the issues that led to violent protests last year.

Areepong Bhoocha-oom, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, told Emerging Markets that the final cabinet meeting had taken place on Tuesday and that formal dissolution was waiting on the signature of the country’s king, who is in hospital. Once parliament is dissolved, the election will take place in 60 days, suggesting early July.

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