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(17 Sep 2008) SHOTLIST 1. Wide exterior of Parliament building 2. Various of police officers outside gates 3. Various of small group supporters of Somchai Wongsawat gathered outside Parliament 4. Cars arriving bringing lawmakers 5. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Somchai Wongsawat, favourite to be elected as prime minister: ++speaking before he was later elected as new prime minister+++ ++TRANSLATION NOT VERBATIM++ "It's up to the members of Parliament now. I respect them to do their duty." 6. Somchai walking into parliament 7. Somchai surrounded by media 8. Wide of opposition leader talking to media 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thai opposition leader: "Well it's up to Parliament to decide today and if Somchai is selected by Parliament I think the important thing is for him to show exactly what changes would be implemented so that we can lead the country out of the crisis." 10. Wide and pan to the left of the chamber of parliament 11. A lawmaker gets up and declares his vote for Somchai Wongsawat, newly-elected Thai Prime Minister 12. Close up Somchai Wongsawat in the chamber 13. Another lawmaker declares his vote for Somchai 14. Close up of opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva 15. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Chai Chidchob, Speaker of Parliament: "So Khun (Mr.) Somchai Wongsawat has gained more than half of the votes from MPs. So Khun Somchai Wongsawat has been approved by Parliament to be the next Prime Minister." 16. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Somchai Wongsawat, Newly-elected Thai Prime Minister: "I want to thank the speaker of parliament and all the Members of the Parliament who voted for me. Thank you for giving me your confidence to be the next Prime Minister. I will do my very best." 17. Somchai walks across the floor of the chamber 18. Somchai and Abhisit Vejjajiva "wai" each other (put their hands together in a traditional sign of respect) and then part 19. Wide of newly elected Somchai leaving parliament building, surrounded by security guards and media to thank supporters gathered outside 20. Mid of media around him 21. Supporters cheering for him 22. Somchai speaking to a supporter 23. Mid of media surrounding Somchai as he walks away 24. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Somchai Wongsawat, Thai Prime Minister: "It's now time for Thailand to unite, to reconcile and to resolve the conflict. Conflict is normal. Personally I don't feel anger or hatred towards anyone. What we have to do now is to work together to make Thailand a peaceful place again." 25. Wide of former Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej walking to Parliament building 26. Wide of Government House, where crowds of anti-government demonstrators have been staging a sit-in for more than three weeks 27. Various of demonstrators listening to speeches 28. Pan from camera to Somsak Kosaisuk, leader of anti-government demonstrators 29. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Somsak Kosaisuk, leader of People's Alliance for Democracy, anti-government alliance who campaigned for removal of Samak Sundaravej as prime minister: "There's no difference between Thaksin (Shinawatra) and Somchai. They only differ in their character and the way they talk. The main thing is, this (Somchai's election as Prime Minister) won't lead to a new form of politics that'll benefit the people." 30. Wide of anti-government demonstrators listening to speeches STORYLINE Lawmakers elected Somchai Wongsawat, 61, as the new leader of Thailand on Wednesday, a development likely to intensify the country's heated political crisis. Five lawmakers abstained from the vote. He then walked over to opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva and shook his hand. 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...