House speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha has set August 22nd as the date for the next joint sitting of the Thai parliament to select a new prime minister.
He said that he and Senate president Pornpetch Wichitcholchai are agreed on the date.
The new date was set after the Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a petition questioning the constitutionality of parliament’s decision to reject the renomination of Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat.
Wan Muhamad told reporters that he will have the legal team look into the details of the Court’s decision and will discuss the matter with House and Senate whips on Thursday at 2pm.
Referring to a motion by Move Forward MP Rangsiman Rome, for parliament to reconsider its rejection of Pita’s renomination, Wan Muhamad said he expects that the issue to be raised for discussion on August 22nd, adding that the discussion will have to be conducted according to the rules.
During the last sitting of parliament, Rangsiman kept the chamber busy with his motion and the meeting could not move on to other issues. Wan Muhamad then ordered abrupt end of the sitting.
