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Bangkok: Thailand’s new prime minister told lawmakers on Monday that his government would address the country’s economic woes, find solutions to the ongoing border conflict with Cambodia through diplomacy and push for a new and more democratic constitution.

Anutin Charnvirakul faces a self-imposed deadline. He had promised to call elections in four

months in exchange for the People’s Party — which holds the most seats in Parliament — supporting his bid to become prime minister.

He was elected to Parliament earlier this month.

The party has a progressive platform and has long sought to change the existing constitution imposed under military rule, saying it wants to make it more democratic.

He said in his inaugural speech in Parliament on Monday that his government will support t

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