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Abhisit also dismissed speculation he might dissolve the House after his failure to push through the nomination of General Patheep Tanprasert to succeed outgoing national police chief General Patcharawat Wongsuwan.

"Don't let your imagination run wild," he said in reference to the concern for House dissolution. There was neither conflict with the legislative branch nor a policy clash to warrant a snap election, he added.

He appeared tense, however, in trying to resolve the impasse over the picking of Patcharawat's successor. He side stepped a direct question about Interior Minister Chaovarat Chanweerakul's opposition to his nomination of Patheep. He said he had not had a chance to talk to the minister who is a coalition partner from Bhum Jai Thai Party.

Regardless of the stumbling block to the nomination process, he said he expected to have the name of the new police chief before October. Patcharawat is scheduled for mandatory retirement in September.