Can Thailand's Pheu Thai Party form a coalition government?

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Thailand's Pheu Thai Party will attempt to form a government on Tuesday (Aug 22) after weeks of post-election deadlock, with real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin set to be nominated as prime minister and face a vote in parliament.  Read more at http://rb.gy/vvvcd  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Thailand's Viet Thai party will attempt to form a government on Tuesday after weeks of

00:06 post-election deadlock with real estate tycoon Sreyta Thavisin set to be nominated as prime

00:11 minister and face a vote in parliament.

00:14 Sixty-year-old Sreyta joined the populist Viet Thai in 2022 and up until the May 14

00:19 election was president of property developer Sunsiri.

00:22 He is not a member of parliament.

00:25 Though he has no experience in government, his political ascent has been largely welcomed

00:29 by businesses.

00:30 Viet Thai came a close second in the election but its pack with the winner, the progressive

00:34 move forward, fell through after the party's prime ministerial candidate, Pita Limjaroenraat,

00:40 failed to win support from lawmakers allied with the royalist military.

00:44 Viet Thai is now leading the effort to form a government.

00:47 Sreyta needs 375 votes or more than half of the combined lower and upper houses.

00:52 Viet Thai's alliance has 11 parties with a combined 314 seats and more than lower house

00:57 lawmakers backing it so it needs the votes of 58 senators.

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