Senator suggests Pita doesn’t have to be the only PM candidate

[webfact]

A member of the Thai Senate says other names could be put forward for the PM role and that the Move Forward leader doesn’t have to be the sole candidate. His comment is actually reiterating what would actually happen for the nomination and election of a prime minister under Thailand’s 2017 constitution.

 

According to a Bangkok Post report, Akanit Muensawad says if additional candidates are nominated for the top job, senators are not required to vote for Pita Limjaroenrat.

 

The senator was responding to Move Forward supporters, who are piling pressure on senators not to thwart Pita’s bid for PM. Akanit says if more names are put forward for the role, senators can vote for the person they think is best suited, in terms of both capability and ethics.

 

By Peter Roche

 

Full story: https://phuket-go.com/phuket-news/national-news/senator-suggests-pita-doesnt-have-to-be-the-only-pm-candidate/

 

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[hughrection]

This 'senator' is a general who isn't happy about Future Forward controlling the army budget and expenditure as well as banning conscription.

 

Of course, he is impartial - Not!  ????

[stubuzz]

19 minutes ago, webfact said:

Akanit says if more names are put forward for the role, senators can vote for the person they think is best suited, in terms of both capability and ethics.

Didn't the Thai people just do this?

[h90]

19 minutes ago, stubuzz said:

Didn't the Thai people just do this?

yes and no party got an majority....62% of the voter did not vote for MF

[BenStark]

41 minutes ago, webfact said:

A member of the Thai Senate says other names could be put forward for the PM role and that the Move Forward leader doesn’t have to be the sole candidate.

As I see our local army stooge has already entered the thread, any suggestions for other candiates?

 

Prawit - Prayut?

[ikke1959]

Other candidates, more investigations, more delay, more chance to ban MFP??? All tricks they try to play..

[klauskunkel]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Akanit says if more names are put forward for the role, senators can vote for the person they think is

 the most reliable to make them money.

[khunjeff]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

senators can vote for the person they think is best suited, in terms of both capability and ethics.

Neither capability nor ethics was a consideration when the senators themselves were voted for...oh, my mistake, they weren't voted for at all...

[Srikcir]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

senators can vote for the person they think is best suited, in terms of both capability and ethics.

Like when they voted for Prayut after the 2019 election?

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

A member of the Thai Senate says other names could be put forward for the PM role and that the Move Forward leader doesn’t have to be the sole candidate.

Said member should remain quiet.

[kingstonkid]

4 hours ago, BenStark said:

As I see our local army stooge has already entered the thread, any suggestions for other candiates?

 

Prawit - Prayut?

Simple solution if pita is a no go is to nominate prawit.

 

It may sound strange but there is no legal way he could survive a vote of no confidence.  Meaning PT does not get thaksin home nor do they get power.  Prawit would be a straw man because he can not get a budget passed or any real legislation.

[bannork]

4 hours ago, h90 said:

yes and no party got an majority....62% of the voter did not vote for MF

Let's look at the number of votes for Party List MPs in the last election:

MF - 14,438,851

PT- 10,962, 524

UTNP( Prayuth)- 4,766,408

Bhumjaithai - 1,138,202

Democrats- 925, 349

Prachachart ( Southern Party) -602,645

Palang Pracharat ( Pravit) -537625

So if we take the proposed coalition we have MF, PT and Prachachart, totalling over 26 million votes

Military backed parties total over 7 million votes

Number of votes for senators- 0.0 recurring.

26 million to 7 million 

 

[h90]

6 minutes ago, bannork said:

Let's look at the number of votes for Party List MPs in the last election:

MF - 14,438,851

PT- 10,962, 524

UTNP( Prayuth)- 4,766,408

Bhumjaithai - 1,138,202

Democrats- 925, 349

Prachachart ( Southern Party) -602,645

Palang Pracharat ( Pravit) -537625

So if we take the proposed coalition we have MF, PT and Prachachart, totalling over 26 million votes

Military backed parties total over 7 million votes

Number of votes for senators- 0.0 recurring.

26 million to 7 million 

 

yes but you can't just add all other parties to MF....PT can form a majority without MF. And they'll happily do it if they get an excuse for doing it.

[zzaa09]

Before all this sorted mess is said and done, I've a strong feeling that someone is going to intervene and declare it all nil and void - select a temporary interim government until a new election can be settled upon. 

 

Just a hunch. 

Damn the will of the people.

[bannork]

8 minutes ago, h90 said:

yes but you can't just add all other parties to MF....PT can form a majority without MF. And they'll happily do it if they get an excuse for doing it.

Not easy for them to do that. They campaigned as a party supporting democracy against military interference in politics.

Teaming up with Prayuth's or Pravit's parties could see a major backlash against them.

Impossible to justify to the public 

[bamnutsak]

It is amazing that unelected Senators are interfering in the formation of a government, by publicly speaking about whatever happens to lurch into their brains.

 

 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Akanit says if more names are put forward for the role, senators can vote for the person they think is best suited, in terms of both capability and ethics.

General Akanit Muansawad is close to sedition in his attempts to influence who gets nominated for PM. His job as an appointed Senator is to debate candidates IN SESSION, and vote.

 

 

 

 

[bamnutsak]

34 minutes ago, bannork said:

26 million to 7 million 

Thanks for highlighting the lopsidedness of the election, and the resounding stomping of the legacy military parties (the Dems are toast) by MFP and PTP.

 

 

[bannork]

7 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

Thanks for highlighting the lopsidedness of the election, and the resounding stomping of the legacy military parties (the Dems are toast) by MFP and PTP.

 

 

Talking of the Dems, I see Abhisit and Korn are being mentioned as potential leaders but both are from Bangkok whilst nearly all their 25 MPs are from the South. 

[Sydebolle]

C'est le ton qui fait la musique!

The senator is absolutely right in saying "..... other names could ........ be put forward  ..... and the Move Forward leader doesn’t have to be the sole candidate". 

The statement is correct so best we leave it to the MFP people who got elected to sort out that problem as they will have to chose the leader under whom they want to work. But, as said, the rhetoric has changed in the right direction! 

[UbonEagle]

You’re out of a job next year you fraud, don’t let the door hit you on the way out 

[arithai12]

On 6/26/2023 at 11:46 AM, stubuzz said:

Didn't the Thai people just do this?

No they didn't. The ballot didn't say "who do you want as PM", and even if it did Move Forward didn't win an absolute majority.

 

Anyway, it's just common sense that there should be more than one option on the table for PM.