Pheu Thai to field Srettha for PM in 3rd round if Pita fails again: Paetongtarn
PM candidate Pita promised to step aside for the Pheu Thai to lead the coalition if he failed in his second bid to win the prime minister election.
Be realistic about upcoming PM vote, Pheu Thai’s Phumtham tells Pita
This comment was seen as an indication of possible changes to the formation of the Move Forward-led coalition.
Coalition decides to propose Pita as its PM candidate in second round
The 42-year-old added that if he did not see a "significant" improvement in support, he would be prepared to back Pheu Thai's nominee.
Pita says Move Forward ready to back Pheu Thai nominee if all else fails
However, he insisted that he and his party would not give up and asked “everyone to join our fight to the end”.
Move Forward supporters drive down Bangkok to demand absent senators resign
Activists say the rally is to demand that the senators who failed to show up in Parliament resign, so Move Forward PM candidate Pita Limjaroenrat will not need 375 votes to be…
Lawmakers are scrambling ahead of Parliament’s next vote for PM
The Secretariat of the House of Representatives issued a letter inviting members of the upper and lower Houses to a joint session to elect Thailand’s 30th prime minister.
Fears of violent street protests if Pita fails to become Thailand’s 30th PM
An expert said that the worst-case scenario was Move Forward getting dissolved due to its moves to amend the lese majeste law.
Pita fails to win election for PM, second round set for July 19
Of the 250 junta-appointed senators, 13 voted for Pita, 39 voted against him, 159 abstained, while one senator had resigned just a day before the voting.
Most Thai online users want Pita as PM: Study
Dataxet said its study also found that Pita alone had created media value on various websites and social network pages worth 1.186 billion baht.
Pita still an MP, eligible to contest for PM, say Senate whips
Khamnoon Sitthisamarn, the spokesman of the Senate whips, said that in the judgement of the whips, Pita remained an MP until ruled otherwise by the charter court.