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Historic candidacy of princess upends tradition in Thailand
February 8, 2019 09:51 am
BANGKOK, Feb 8 : A Thai political party on Friday named a princess as its nominee to be the next prime minister, upending tradition that the royal palace plays no public role in politics and upsetting all predictions about what may happen in next month’s election.
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