Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul announced today (Sunday) that the party will not join any coalition with a party that advocates amendment of the lèse majesté law.
He also brushed aside the suggestion that his party may join other parties to form a minority government, saying that minority government is old-style politics, which is irrelevant and unsustainable.
Anutin chaired a meeting with the party’s 66 new MPs, for a familiarisation session. Five MPs were absent. He is scheduled to lead the party’s 71 MPs, including himself, to the Election Commission’s Office tomorrow, to receive certificates confirming their election.
Commenting on the House meeting on July 4th, to vote for the House speaker and two deputies, Anutin said that it still unclear who the candidates for the House speakership and two deputies will be.
He said that the party will have to discuss the issue and allow its MPs to express their opinions.
He also criticised the media for being unfair to the party, by asking him whether they will reverse an earlier position about not joining a coalition which advocates amendments to the lèse majesté law.
“The party’s statement is similar to the party’s charter, which cannot be changed, otherwise myself and the secretary-general cannot be the party’s executives,” he said, adding that the party should be dissolved if it changes its stance on the lèse majesté issue.
The Move Forward party is the only party which included changes to the lèse majesté law in its campaign manifesto.
