Pita PM enrollment decision is awaited by the group.
PUBLISHED: 6 September 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
Before deciding whether to take the helm of the opposition, the Move Forward Party ( MFP) will wait for the Constitutional Court’s decision on Pita Limjaroenrat being eligible to serve as prime minister.
Chaithawat Tulathon, the secretary-general of the MFP, stated that he had spoken with House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha about the issue at a casual meeting on Monday.
They agreed that, despite the current standoff, the second-largest celebration in the opposition union did not automatically assume the position, according to Mr. Chaithawat.
He made reference to the Democrats, but he made no mention of the group by brand. The MFP is the main opponent group.
Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, the Progressive Movement’s( PM ) secretary-general, posted on his Facebook account on Monday that no one had yet met the requirements to assume the position of opposition leader, which prompted Mr. Chaithawat to make his comments.
The Future Forward Party was co-founded by Mr. Piyabutr, an academic with a focus on law, and was disbanded due to an unlawful payment. Later, he co-founded the MFP.
According to him, the MFP may wait for the Constitutional Court’s decision on Mr. Pita and whether he was qualified to hold a political office because of his ownership stake in the former media conglomerate iTV Plc.
According to Mr. Chaithawat, the jury proceedings shouldn’t take very long — even two or three months at most.
The MFP president, who was also running for prime minister, was suspended as an MP by the court on July 19. Parliamentarians were debating House rules at the time regarding the legitimacy of his nomination as prime minister. In his initial attempt, he was turned down.
After accepting for consideration a problem involving Mr. Pita’s inherited holding in iTV Plc, the judge announced his expulsion.
Due to his holding stocks in a media organization, the Election Commission had recommended to the jury that Mr. Pita been stripped of his MP position. Additionally, the polling group requested that he be barred from serving as an MP.
Mr. Pita, 42, was unsuccessful in his first July 13 pay to get prime minister despite his party’s victory in the May 14 general election with 151 House chairs. He was unable to win the necessary support from more than half of the parliament’s two tanks.
The majority of the lawmakers who were appointed by the government voted against him or abstained completely.
The House speaker stated last month that the MFP needed to declare in writing that Mr. Pita intended to renounce the group’s right to assume the position of opposition head.
Mr. Pita stated during an interview that neither he nor the MFP were interested in the position, which led to Mr Wan’s note.
According to the party leader, the MFP may prefer that Padipat Suntiphada, its MP for Phitsanulok, continue to serve as the House’s assistant speaker.