Late on Wednesday, media broadcast live images of its coalition partners visiting the home of Thaksin, 75, its chairman and influent figurehead. Pheu Thai has made a quick move to maintain its benefit.
” They want to get crucial… The longer it takes, the more quarrels and power problems may arise, so the quicker the better”, said Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a social scientist at Chulalongkorn University
” If they can vote sooner, then the ballot is more manageable. They have the power to influence the house’s results.
RISK OF Reaction
When Srettha gave Thaksin’s former prosecutor Pichit Chuenban a government position for contempt of court in 2008 over an alleged attempt to pay court employees, which was never proven, the jury determined that he had “grossly breached social standards.”
The less than 48-hour meeting of parliament contrasts starkly with the previous year, when it took the lower house two months to convene a ballot on a new premier following an election.
Politicians allied with the army had then joined forces to prevent Move Forward from forming a state, but they rallied behind Srettha and Pheu Thai in a second ballot six weeks later.