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Pheu Thai Deputy Leader Phumtham Wechayachai says that the second joint sitting of the House and Senate, to select the prime minister on Wednesday, should be the last of Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat’s attempts to be chosen as prime minister. He also said that Pita and his party may have to make a
The Pheu Thai Party is demanding clarifications from the Move Forward party regarding Pita Limjaroenrat’s statement yesterday (Saturday) urging all coalition parties and the public to help in changing the minds of senators and amending the Constitution to eliminate senators’ power in selecting the prime minister. Pheu Thai Secretary-General Prasert Chanthararuangthong said today that, before
Supporters of the Move Forward party have issued a statement, urging senators, who abstained from voting in last Thursday’s joint sitting of the parliament to select the prime minister, to resign and calling on the eight coalition parties to remain united to fulfil their pledges to the people. The statement also calls on the Thai
Supporters of the Move Forward party are rallying at several locations in Bangkok this afternoon (Sunday), to pressure senators into voting in support of Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat in his quest to become Thailand’s next prime minister. Arnon Nampa, from Thai Lawyers for Human Rights, who called for the rally on social media
More than 40% of the respondents to a Nida Poll say that they want Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat to be re-nominated continuously, until he is selected as Thailand’s 30th prime minister. Other respondents say, however, that Pita should be re-nominated, at most, twice and, if he fails to receive approval from senators, he
Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat said today (Saturday) that he is ready to step aside and let the Pheu Thai party take the lead in forming the next government, if his party fails, after trying their utmost, to get him selected as prime minister or to amend the Constitution to clip senators’ wings. In
Thai social media is seeing the hashtag #เมียน้อยสว (senator’s mistress) trending, calling on people to gather information on senators’ extramarital affairs. The calls are to focus on senators who voted against and abstained from voting for Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat as the next prime minister last Thursday. The hashtag was used more than
Bhumjaithai MP Chada Thaised stole the limelight from Thailand’s top PM candidate Pita Limjaroenrat during the joint parliamentary meeting to elect a new prime minister on Thursday. Chada’s fiery speech – which fiercely defended the monarchy and attacked Pita’s policy to amend the lese majeste law – made headlines and caught the attention of Thai
House speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha accepted a draft bill from the Move Forward party this afternoon (Friday), which seeks to amend Section 272 of the provisional chapter of Thailand’s Constitution to strip senators of their powers in selecting the prime minister. Wan told a group of 50 Move Forward MPs, led by secretary-general Chaithawat
Online community saw #ธุรกิจสว (Senator’s business) trending top overnight, after Move Forward supporters gathered information on businesses owned by senators and their families, with a focus on those who abstained or were absent from the voting on Pita Limjaroenrat’s prime ministerial candidacy on Thursday. One Twitter user said that this is a way they can
Pheu Thai party leader Chonlanan Srikaew has reiterated that the party still stick with the Move Forward led coalition and will not switch sides, even though Move Forward’s leader Pita Limjaroenrat failed to be elected prime minister by parliament yesterday (Thursday). He said that the Pheu Thai party still recognises the MoveForward party’s legitimacy as
A group of Move Forward MPs will propose a motion to parliament this afternoon to revoke an article in the Constitution which allows senators to vote for a prime minister, said Pukkamon Noonanant, party deputy spokeswoman on Friday. She said the submission of the motion to strip the power allocated by Article 272 will be
