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What is most frustrating about negotiations among the eight political parties forming the post-election coalition is what is seen as the “devil may care” attitude of its key player, the Move Forward Party, according to sources involved in the ongoing talks. They said it was obvious from the very beginning that Move Forward leader Pita
The Pheu Thai party will vote against any motion by members of parliament which challenges the motion, supported by the eight coalition parties, to re-nominate Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat as next prime minister, according to Pheu Thai party leader Chonlanan Srikaew. The Pheu Thai party has assigned Sutin Klungsang, a party-list MP, to
The Thai parliament will hold a debate tomorrow (Wednesday) on the issue of the re-nomination of Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat as Thailand’s next prime minister, after the House and Senate whips failed to resolve their differences on the issue at today’s meeting. The whips are clearly divided on this contentious issue with the
A political group gathered in front of the Constitutional Court today (Tuesday) to protest against the Election Commission’s (EC) submission of Pita Limjaroenrat’s shareholding case to the Court. The group, called “June 24 Democracy”, also submitted a petition to the Court’s president against the Court’s accepting for consideration whether Pita and his party’s election campaign
WASHINGTON – The United States is concerned about developments in Thailand’s legal system, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Monday, after two separate complaints against the leader of the party that won the most seats in a May 14 election. Thailand’s parliament is preparing a second vote on Wednesday on whether Pita Limjaroenrat, leader
The Pheu Thai party will nominate Srettha Thavisin as a prime ministerial candidate in parliament, if Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat fails again to get his candidacy approved by the joint sitting of tomorrow (Wednesday), Paetongtarn Shinawatra said Tuesday. However, that the party’s executive committee will have to meet to make a decision after
The eight-party coalition reasserted today (Monday) that Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat is its sole candidate for the premiership. Pita was speaking after separate meetings with all coalition parties. The meetings were held after Pita’s first attempt to become the next premier of Thailand was thwarted on July 13th, as he could not secure enough
The Constitution Court is due to meet this Wednesday to consider whether to accept the Election Commission’s petition for the court to rule on the parliamentary status of Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat, vis a vis the iTV shareholding controversy. Pita is accused of holding 42,000 shares in iTV, a media company, at the
The Move Forward party has asked Thai Liberal leader Sereepisuth Temiyavet to contact the Chartthaipattana party, to convince its MPs to vote in favour of its leader, Pita Limjaroenrat, as the next prime minister. Move Forward also offered Chartthaipattana a part in the coalition government, said Varawut Silpa-archa, Chartthaipattana’s leader, today (Monday). Sereepisuth contacted Varawut
A political activist asked the House speaker on Monday not to allow the re-nomination of Pita Limjaroenrat for the premiership on Wednesday. Political activist Ruangkrai Leekitwattana said, if Pita is re-nominated, it may violate the Constitution and parliamentary regulations, as it could be tantamount to submitting a repeat motion in a single parliamentary session. Pita’s
Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat’s re-nomination for Thailand’s next prime minister, at the second joint sitting of the House and the Senate on Wednesday, has become a contentious issue to be discussed at a meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) between the Senate whips and party whips from the House of Representatives. Senator Somchai Sawangkarn, representing the
Thammasat University has been called upon to take action against a declaration by its Rangsit campus student council, which is full of expletives and hate speech. The Thammasat University Student Council (TUSC)’s Rangsit campus recently published criticism concerning Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat’s failure to secure enough parliamentary votes to support his premiership candidacy. The
