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Core members of the United Thai Nation party, led by party leader Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, met with their counterparts from the Pheu Thai party at the Pheu Thai head office this afternoon (Saturday), in an attempt to find a solution to the current political stalemate. Accompanying Pirapan to the informal talks were the party secretary-general Akanat
The Pheu Thai party will try to have its prime ministerial candidate approved by parliament at a joint sitting of the House and Senate on July 27th, Phumtham Wechayachai, a deputy party leader, said today (Friday), after the Move Forward party decided to step aside and let Pheu Thai take the lead in forming the
Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul insisted today (Friday) that his party will not join any government that includes Move Forward, due to its campaign promise to review the lèse majesté law. Anutin, whose party has 71 House seats, said, however, that Pheu Thai has not yet invited his party to join the government. As Move
The Move Forward Party has made a political retreat by agreeing to support a candidate from the Pheu Thai Party for prime minister, when parliament meets in a joint sitting again next Thursday, its secretary general Chaithawat Tulathon said this morning (Friday). He said Pheu Thai has yet to decide formally who it will nominate
Several Thai legal experts and political scientists have challenged parliament’s decision to reject Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat’s renomination as Thailand’s prime minister, insisting Rule 41, which was used to justify the decision, cannot overrule the Constitution. Professor Tongthong Chandransu, a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Chulalongkorn University, said that he shares
Bangkok police are advising motorists to avoid roads in four locations where people are protesting. The first location is in front of the Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives on Ratchadamnoen Nok Road, where a group of farmers is protesting and is likely to camp overnight. This will block traffic on the parallel road in
Pheu Thai party prime ministerial candidate Srettha Thavisin has reportedly told the party that, if he is to be the next prime minister, he will oversee the cabinet arrangement himself. He will take part in negotiations with coalition parties and there will be no Democrat or United Thai Nation party representation in his coalition. Srettha,
Pheu Thai party list MP Sutin Klungsang on Thursday revealed three scenarios for forming the next government. Sutin on Wednesday renominated Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat as the prime minister, however the parliament voted down the renomination, ending Pita’s hope for the position. The Move Forward party finds a solution, with the other seven members of
A political science professor at Sukhothai Thammathirat University says there are three possible scenarios for the formation of the next government, now that Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat cannot be re-nominated as prime minister. Associate Professor Yuthaporn Issarachai said that the first scenario is that the Pheu Thai will part company with Move Forward
Outgoing Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha appealed for calm on Thursday, after supporters of the Move Forward leader, whose hopes of becoming prime minister have been dashed, conducted two noisy but peaceful gatherings. Deputy government spokesman Rachada Dhnadirek said Prayut has kept abreast of the developing political situation. “As the interim government is tasked with keeping
Thailand’s former constitution writer Borwornsak Uwanno suggests that Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat seek a ruling from the Constitutional Court over parliament’s decision, by a majority vote on Wednesday, that Pita’s re-nomination falls foul of its Rule 41. He said that he feels sorry for Thailand and is upset with the MPs who joined
With Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat out of the way, the political ball is now in the Pheu Thai Party’s court. But it’s certainly not going to be a smooth sailing for Thailand’s former biggest opposition party in attempting to form a post-election coalition. In the words of one of its deputy leaders Sutin
