Move Forward party secretary-general Chaithawat Tulathon announced today (Wednesday) that the party is ready to take a role in opposition, as he offered an apology to their supporters for the party’s failure to form a government.
Chaithawat called a press conference after the Pheu Thai party announced that it is leaving the eight-party coalition, led by Move Forward, to attempt to form its own coalition government.
The party’s secretary-general denied press reports that Pheu Thai had either asked Move Forward to backtrack on its policy to amend the lèse majesté law or support its prime ministerial candidate.
Parliament is scheduled to select the prime minister this Friday.
Chaithawat said Pheu Thai core members, at the meeting with their counterparts from Move Forward, informed Move Forward of its intention to withdraw from two MoUs – one signed by all eight coalition parties, regarding the formation of a government, and the other between Pheu Thai and Move Forward regarding the selection of the House speaker.
Asked whether the Move Forward will cooperate with Pheu Thai in pushing for bills or policies which will be beneficial to the people, Chaithawat responded by saying that the two MoUs are already irrelevant.
He said that the Move Forward party has been in opposition for the past four years, but it has succeeded in pushing several bills through parliament.
He described the current political events as a distortion of politics, claiming that the real problem with Thai politics is that the real power does not reside with the people.
