BANGKOK: Thailand’s Pita Limjaroenrat failed on Thursday in his initial bid to become Thailand’s next PM, after he was thwarted in a high-stakes parliamentary vote that included a host of no-shows and nearly 200 abstentions. The leader of election winners Move Forward was unopposed in the contest but struggled to muster the required support of more than half of 749-member the bicameral parliament, despite the backing of his eight-party alliance.
Another vote is expected to be held next week. The progressive Move Forward party and its alliance partner, Pheu Thai, thrashed conservative pro-military parties in the May polls, seen widely as a resounding rejection of nearly a decade of government led or backed by the royalist military.
Another vote is expected to be held next week. The progressive Move Forward party and its alliance partner, Pheu Thai, thrashed conservative pro-military parties in the May polls, seen widely as a resounding rejection of nearly a decade of government led or backed by the royalist military.