As Thailand’s winning Move Forward Party attempts to form a new government, will a disqualification case against its candidate for prime minister, Pita Limjaroenrat, force an election rerun?
More than a fortnight after the May 14 general elections in Thailand, voters are still far from certain who will be their country's next prime minister. Or whether the poll body will allow the winners to take their parliamentary seats at all.
Thailand’s parliament, also known as the National Assembly, is divided into two chambers: the 500-seat House of Representatives and the 250-member Senate. According to the military junta-endorsed 2017 Constitution, to become prime minister, the candidate needs the support of 50 percent plus one of the 750 National Assembly members.
But even with that political coalition, Pita fell short of the 376 votes required from both chambers of the National Assembly for him to become prime minister. That means he and the Move Forward Party have to court senators in the upper house.Pita has his work cut out for him.
A minority of the senators automatically earn their membership by virtue of their positions, including the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the military as well as the chiefs of the army, navy, air force and police. A seat is also reserved for the secretary of the defence ministry. Citing the lese-majeste issue, several senators had earlier declared that they will not support Pita's bid for prime minister. At least one senator, Wanlop Tangkhananurak, however said that he will uphold"democratic principles" and vote for the candidate of the party that won the most seats in the general election.
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