10 September 2023 at 10:09 PUBLISHED
According to a poll conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll, the majority of people believe that Move Forward — the party with the most MPs in the House of Representatives — should take over as opposition leader.
In order to gather ideas on whether the Move Forward Party may hold the positions of assistant speech or opposition leader in the House of Representatives, 1, 310 people aged 18 and older from across the nation were surveyed over the phone on September 5 and 7.
When asked which of the two roles — deputy House speaker and opposition leader — is more important, 38.40 % said they are equally important. 29.85 % chose the opposition speaker, 28.55 percent the deputy house speaker. 1.68 % said neither role is significant, and 1.52 % gave no response or showed no interest.
When asked what positions the Move Forward Party should hold, a majority of respondents— 56.1 %— chosen the opposition leader, 39.08 % said the party should keep its position as deputy House speaker, and 4.8 % either didn’t respond or showed no interest.
65.80 % of respondents said” yes” when asked if the Move Forward Party and the Democrat Party would be able to cooperate in the opposition bloc, with 37.25 % doing fairly well and 28.55 % very well. On the other hand, 17.79 % of respondents said they wouldn’t be able to get along, and 12.82 % stated they would not at all, while 30.61 % said” no” -& nbsp.
The remaining 3 59 % either had no response or were uninterested.
The Constitutional Court has not yet decided on Pita Limjaroenrat’s MP reputation, according to the Move Forward Party, which has the majority of MPs in the foe union. When Mr. Pita applied to move in the May 14 vote, the Constitutional Court has been asked to determine whether he was nevertheless owning shares in a media company.
The party’s MP Padipat Suntiphada, who has been elected Deputy House Speaker, would have to resign from his place if it decides to run for opposition leader.
According to Section 106 of the law, the King will appoint the opposition leader in the House of Representatives after the government has taken office if that leader is the head of an opposition political party with the most MPs in that bloc and nbsp, with none of them serving as cabinet members, House speakers, or assistant House Speakers.