FORMER prime minister and parliament president Chuan Leekpai said today (June 23) that the party that obtained the most number of MPs should get both the premiership and the House speaker post with this referring to Move Forward  which got 151 seats and Phue Thai 142 seats having tussled over the latter position, Matichon newspaper said.

 

Usually the largest and the second largest elected parties are on opposite sides of the aisle but this time they are both part of the coalition with this leading to a tug-of-war on which camp will get the House speaker post, Chuan said while registering as a Democrat MP at Parliament.

 

Regarding concerns that whichever party gets the House speaker post will have an advantage in proposing draft laws and motions, Chuan pointed out this has no effect as the constitution says that the speaker has to be impartial and in his 55 years of political experience he has seen that regardless which party the speaker belonged to he has generally been impartial.

 

by TNR Staff 

Top photo: Former prime minister and parliament president Chuan Leekpai speaking to reporters, June 23, 2023. Photo: Matichon

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/06/23/chuan-party-with-most-mps-should-get-house-speaker-post/

 

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It should go to who is most qualified for the post and has a history of being impartial and not someone who will be bought off or influenced by others.

Regardless of which party they belong to.

 

35 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

It should go to who is most qualified for the post and has a history of being impartial and not someone who will be bought off or influenced by others.

Regardless of which party they belong to.

 

Logical in theory, yet never in practice. 

We won't be surprised as to how all this pans out......the usual suspects.

PT should cede to MF because there's no way Pita will be PM 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

FORMER prime minister and parliament president Chuan Leekpai said today (June 23) that the party that obtained the most number of MPs should get both the premiership and the House speaker post

So is this what happened after the last election?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Thai_general_election

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

It should go to who is most qualified for the post and has a history of being impartial and not someone who will be bought off or influenced by others.

Regardless of which party they belong to.

 

In that respect, PTP will be the most qualified as the party has more MPs who are familiar with legal and Parliamentary matters. If the talks between the 2 major coalition parties failed, it will go down to decision by votes and most likely PTP will win. But I think both parties are trying to find a solution and maintain the cohesion. I am sure they are worry that the junta parties can still form a minority government and with support from the senates grappled the PM position. The feeling from the grassroots is that PTP may give the speaker position to MFP as they feel that Pita’s PM position is on highly shaky ground on the legal fronts and senates opposition. PTP

may see their chance for PM and allow MFP take the house speakership 

 

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

It should go to who is most qualified for the post and has a history of being impartial and not someone who will be bought off or influenced by others.

Regardless of which party they belong to.

 

Yes...and that can be said for every position....but that is not relevant. Money, Power, Influence......

39 minutes ago, bannork said:

PT should cede to MF because there's no way Pita will be PM 

OK than MFP should say we take the speaker and PTP gets the PM....easy to do. PTP would surely agree.

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

It should go to who is most qualified for the post and has a history of being impartial and not someone who will be bought off or influenced by others.

Regardless of which party they belong to.

 

Nice point, however this relies, up to a point, on opinion which will be 'coloured' by the claims of the parties involved. 

 

5 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Nice point, however this relies, up to a point, on opinion which will be 'coloured' by the claims of the parties involved. 

 

yes no one will admit to be partial and bought off....

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Move Forward  which got 151 seats and Phue Thai 142 seats

This is incorrect. Move Forward has 151 seats, Phue Thai has 141.

https://election66.thaipbs.or.th/result/en/parliament

8 hours ago, hotchilli said:

It should go to who is most qualified for the post and has a history of being impartial and not someone who will be bought off or influenced by others.

Regardless of which party they belong to.

 

You are right but sometimes politics a cronyism rules. We used to have impartial speakers in the UK until John Bercow took the post. He's been refused a peerage and banned from UK parliament for this and bullying.