Incoming Thai government readies key policy plan as risks mount

Leader of Bhumjai Thai Party Anutin Charnvirakul, center, reacts after lawmakers voted to select him as new prime minister, at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. -- AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit

BANGKOK (Reuters): Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Friday approved Prime Minister Anutin Chanvirakul's first cabinet, paving the way for a new government to deliver a key policy statement as early as September 29 to address a raft of economic challenges, including a surging currency.

A discussion next week between the whips of three major political parties will determine the exact date of the policy address in parliament, which will take place between September 29 to October 1, the ruling Bhumjaithai Party spokesman Paradorn Prissananantakul told Reuters.