Pending a authorized verdict, forty five yr old Chaithawat Tulathon assumes the position of interim leader of the Move Forward Party (MFP) after his predecessor stepped down. Chaithawat was elected alongside the board of executives, taking over from Pita Limjaroenrat, who resigned from the MFP management earlier this month to facilitate the transition to a brand new opposition chief.
Pita’s place as an MP is currently in limbo due to an impending court decision associated to his iTV media share-holding case. As a result, the MFP’s ascension to the opposition management is on maintain.
Today’s modifications in leadership are temporary, said Chaithawat after securing his leadership position. He additional identified himself as a provisional leader stepping in for the 43 year previous Pita as he grapples with his authorized predicament.
Upon According to of a complaint, the court docket suspended Pita, who held inherited shares in the now-dissolved media firm, iTV Plc. The constitution prohibits politicians from proudly owning shares in media corporations. Pita’s defence is that the forty two,000 shares have been a half of his late father’s estate, which he managed because the executor, and he later transferred the title to his relations.
If and when Pita makes a return as an MP, the new executives and I are able to step down, Chaithawat said.
Following a voting process, Chaithawat was declared chief with a total of 330 votes in favour, with five towards and three abstaining. Apichart Sirisunthorn succeeds Chaithawat as party secretary-general.
The meeting additionally named Pijarn Chaowapatthanawong, Natthawut Buaprathum, Police Major General Supisarn Pakdeenaruban, and Sirikanya Tansakul as deputy celebration leaders. List MP Parit Wacharasindhu was appointed as a party spokesperson.
Chaithawat introduced that Pita would function an advisory chairman to the party, leading the MFP’s policies from exterior parliament. In the meantime, I will fulfil my duty as the opposition leader during this temporary association, he acknowledged.
Despite the short-term association, Pita expressed confidence in his successor and the model new celebration secretary-general, referring to them as the true deal. He made this statement before the party’s assembly yesterday.
Chaithawat, a native of Songkhla, holds a level in environmental engineering from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Post reported.
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