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Added on the 19/07/2023 04:24:48 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of Pita Limjaroenrat in the parliament as he will again ask Thailand's parliament to endorse him as prime minister Wednesday but with little chance of wooing the military-appointed senators who scuttled his first bid. IMAGES
Thailand's parliament rejected election winner Pita Limjaroenrat's bid to become prime minister. After hours of discussions but a surprisingly swift voting process, Pita failed to secure the 375 parliamentary votes needed to become Thailand's 30th premier, despite his reformist party winning the popular vote in the general election. IMAGES
The French National Assembly widely rejected the first motion of no confidence tabled against new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. The motion received 124 votes out of the 289 required. IMAGES
Images of Pita Limjaroenrat in the parliament as Thailand's Constitutional Court suspended prime minister candidate while it hears a case that could see him disqualified as an MP. IMAGES
Thai parliamentarians begin voting for a new prime minister. Frontrunner Pita Limjaroenrat is the sole candidate but he faces a tough battle with his eight-party coalition short of the absolute majority in both houses required to propel him to the premiership. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).