Leader of the Pheu Thai party, Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives at the party's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Lawmakers vote to select a new prime minister at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Leader of the Pheu Thai party, Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives at the party's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Leader of Pheu Thai Party, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, left, and her husband Pidok Sooksawas arrive at Pheu Thai Party headquarter in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Leader of the People's Party, Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, standing, debates before a vote to select a new prime minister at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Lawmakers attend a debate before a vote to select the new prime minister at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Pheu Thai party lawmakers celebrate after Thailand’s Parliament elected the party's leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the country’s new prime minister at Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Pheu Thai party lawmakers celebrate after Thailand’s Parliament elected the party's leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the country’s new prime minister at Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Pheu Thai party lawmakers celebrate after Thailand’s Parliament elected the party's leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the country’s new prime minister at Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Lawmakers gather during a debate before a vote to select the new prime minister at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Pheu Thai party lawmakers celebrate after Thailand’s Parliament elected the party's leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the country’s new prime minister at Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai Buddhist monks watch a debate before a vote to select the new prime minister at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)