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WRAP Parliament postpones a vote to elect new PM ADDS Samak leaving parlmt house

(12 Sep 2008) SHOTLIST AP Television 1. Wide of parliament building with policeman outside 2. Wide of line of police in riot gear outside gates of parliament 3. Wide of pro-government supporters outside parliament 4. Pro-government supporters with poster of Samak Sundaravej 5. Wide of cars entering parliament premises, believed to be carrying politicians 6. Speaker of parliament, Chai Chidchob, tries to open session to pick the new prime minister 7. Wide pan of chamber, with lawmakers who decided to turn up 8. Close up of leader of opposition Democrat Party, Abhisit Vejjajiva, whose name was put forward by his own party as candidate 9. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Chai Chidchob, Parliament speaker ++AUDIO AS COMING++ "There are not enough members of parliament to convene the meeting so I postpone it until next Wednesday." 10. Electronic board showing 161 members of parliament present (they needed 235 for quorum) 11. Chai Chidchob pressing buzzer to close the session 12. Members of parliament leaving chamber 13. Politicians, including acting Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, standing outside parliament chamber 14. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Somchai Wongsawat, Acting Prime Minister: (Question: What happened?) "I don't know. I'm here at parliament. We need to talk. We need to discuss what happened. There's nothing to worry about." 15. Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva leaving chamber 16. Other Democrat politicians leaving chamber 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Abhisit Vejjajiva, Democrat Party leader: "Today, the meeting was called by the president of parliament and we attended, so we don't need to answer any questions. It's the people who don't attend who need to answer questions." 18. Abhisit Vejjajiva and other members of parliament walking 19. SOUNDBITE (English) Abhisit Vejjajiva, Democrat Party leader: "We cannot have the country stuck in this crisis for much longer. People are hurting, the economy is hurting. Unless we are open-minded about what kinds of solutions are available, we can't take things forward." TPBS - No Access Thailand ++QUALITY AS INCOMING++ 20. Mid of Samak Sundaravej, Thailand's ousted prime minister, leaving parliament house while being surrounded by security and media AP Television 21. Wide of stage set up by anti-government protesters at Government House. 22. Various of anti-government protesters cheering 23. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Somsak Kosaisuk, Leader of People's Alliance for Democracy: "We will continue protesting. As for the postponement (of the parliament session) it's a problem for the politicians. We will keep monitoring the situation." 24. Wide of political analyst Panithan Wattanayagorn, professor at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University 25. Cutaway of Panithan's hand in pocket 26. SOUNDBITE (English) Panithan Wattanayagorn, Political Analyst: "Now public pressure is mounting against the PPP (Samak's party, the People's Power Party) and other members of the parliament not to nominate Samak as the next MP (PM - Prime Minister). I think pressure may build over the next few days leading for the PPP - maybe causing for the PPP to nominate a new person." 27. Pro-government demonstrator shouting slogans against the leaders of PAD, calling them traitors and demanding them to leave 28. Wide of pro-government demonstrators leaving parliament area after session was postponed STORYLINE Political allies of Thailand's ousted prime minister deserted him on Friday in his bid to return to power in a parliamentary vote, leaving him isolated following his removal by a court for violating conflict-of-interest rules. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...