Acting Thai premier says vote for new PM on Dec. 8
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's acting Prime Minister Chavarat Charnvirakul confirmed on Wednesday that parliament would vote for a new prime minister next Monday. "I have spoken with the president of parliament and we agreed to push for a vote for the new prime minister on December 8," Chavarat told reporters, a day after a court banned former Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat from politics for five years.
(Reporting by Chalathip Thirasoonthrakul; Editing by Darren Schuettler)
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