泰國議會推選巴育爲新總理
Thailand's military-ruled parliament has elected General Prayuth Chan-ocha as the country's new prime minister, nearly three months after he seized power in a bloodless coup.
Thursday's unanimous election of the 60-year-old army chief was a foregone conclusion, since he was the only candidate for the post. Prayuth has led the junta since forcing Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's government out of power.
Prayuth will step down as army chief next month. He plans to stay in power until new elections are held in late 2015.
Thailand has been plagued by political unrest since 2006, when former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Yingluck Shinawatra's older brother, was ousted in a military coup in 2006. Thaksin and his sister were bitterly opposed by Bangkok's traditionalist political elite.由軍方主導的泰國議會推選巴育將軍爲新總理。近三個月前，巴育發動一場不流血政變，奪取了政權。
星期四，議員們一致推選現年60歲的陸軍司令巴育出任總理，由於巴育是唯一的候選人，這一結果早在人們的意料之中。把英拉總理的政府趕下臺後，巴育一直領導着軍政府。
巴育下月將辭去陸軍司令職務。他計劃執掌大權，直到2015年舉行新選舉。
自2006年以來，泰國一直處於政治動亂之中。在2006年的軍事政變中，英拉的哥哥他信被罷黜。他信和英拉遭到曼谷傳統政治精英的激烈反對。
