In a marathon seven-hour session of Parliament yesterday, nearly all of members arrived at a consensus that Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the Move Forward Party (MFP) and the winner of the General Election, would not meet the eligibility standards to imagine the position of Thai Prime Minister (PM). Furthermore, he is not going to be considered a candidate for the second spherical of voting for the PM post.
During the primary Parliament assembly to vote for a new PM on July thirteen, Pita did not safe enough votes to become the PM. Out of no much less than 375 votes, Pita and MFP managed to garner 324 votes, with assist coming from 13 senators and 311 Members of Parliament from the eight events on the MOU coalition government settlement.
The eight events under the MOU agreement, MFP, Pheu Thai, Thai Sang Thai, Prachachart, Seree Ruam Thai, Fair, Plung Sungkom Mai, and Pheu Thai Ruamphalang, had a meeting to prepare for the second Parliament meeting to vote on the model new PM yesterday, July 19.
Following the dialogue, the parties agreed to propose Pita as quickly as again as the PM candidate. However, this decision sparked controversy among the many political parties, with some politicians arguing that Pita couldn’t be proposed for a second time as a outcome of Regulations of the Parliamentary Assembly (2020). On the opposite hand, the coalition government events maintained that their decision was in accordance with the law.
During the Parliament assembly yesterday, the Deputy Leader of the Pheu Thai Party, Suthin Klansaeng, proposed Pita to be the PM of Thailand for the second time. Pita was the sole candidate within the assembly.
This led Parliament President Wan Muhamad Nor Matha (Wan Nor) to ask the assembly to discuss whether Pita could be a candidate again, considering his failure in the previous vote.
During the talk session, 12 senators and MPs expressed their opinions on the matter. Those who disagreed argued that Pita couldn’t be proposed as a candidate once more because of article quantity forty one of the Regulations of the Parliamentary Assembly in 2020.
According to this 41st article, a motion that has been rejected cannot be reintroduced except the Parliament President permits it.
MPs from MFP and different coalition authorities parties held the opposing view, contending that there were no specific legal guidelines or guidelines limiting the number of proposals for a candidate.
During the assembly, the Constitution Court launched an official document to suspend Pita from his MP responsibility through the investigation of his shares within the media company. So, Pita had to exit the meeting. He left an announcement earlier than leaving stating…
“The Constitutional Court quickly suspend my duties. Therefore, I wish to take the chance to say goodbye to the Parliament president until we meet once more. I would like to ask fellow members of the National Assembly to take care of the people. I suppose Thailand has modified. It is totally different since May 14. Snap have received midway. In one other half, I did not carry out my duties as an MP, so I asked my fellow members to proceed to take care of the folks.”
Finally, the Parliament president allowed every MP and senator to vote on whether Pita could presumably be a candidate for the second spherical of elections. The consequence was decisive. Of 716 votes, 395 members acknowledged that Pita couldn’t be reintroduced as a candidate, while 312 members supported the proposal. Eight members abstained and one member didn’t vote.
Only eight of the 13 senators who supported Pita in the initial election continued to back him.
The chief of the Seree Ruam Thai Party, Sereepisuth Temeeyaves, revealed to the media that he did not vote during the meeting. He shared that he did vote as a end result of the senators and the opposite side gained.
Sereepisuth added that the other members of the coalition government events ought to have done what he had done as this might have given Pita one other likelihood to be proposed as a candidate. Sereepisuth additionally instructed that Pita and MFP relied on their fans an extreme quantity of.
After the assembly yesterday, Parliament President Wan Nor announced that the next meeting to vote for PM will happen from 9am on July 27. He emphasised that Pita could not be proposed as a candidate again this time.