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Thai parliamentary roadblock paves way for return of outgoing coalition govt


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Ongoing efforts to form a new government after the May 14 general election have hit a roadblock – an impasse that may pave the way for the return of the outgoing coalition, analysts say.

 

The eight-party coalition has failed to gather enough parliamentary votes for its prime ministerial candidate even after the election-winning Move Forward with 151 MPs stepped aside to allow runner-up Pheu Thai (141 MPs) to take the lead. Parties outside the coalition have refused to work with Move Forward due to ideological differences.

 

Pheu Thai leaders met with counterparts from five parties in the outgoing coalition government over the past weekend to “seek their advice on a way out for the country”. But leaders of Bhumjaithai (71 MPs), Palang Pracharath (40), United Thai Nation (36), and Chartthaipattana (10) stated after their separate meetings with Pheu Thai that they would not join a government coalition that included Move Forward as they opposed its policy for reform of Article 112 of the Penal Code or the lese majeste law.

 

Chart Pattana Kla (two MPs) said it would work with Move Forward on condition that Article 112 was left unchanged.

 

Meanwhile, Pheu Thai leader Cholnan Srikaew unexpectedly suggested on Monday that the election’s third-placed party Bhumjaithai should be allowed to try forming a new government. “Now that Pheu Thai has failed and run out of options, the baton should be passed to the third largest party,” he said.

Cholnan noted that Bhumjaithai’s rival 10-party alliance commands 188 MPs, more than either Move Forward or Pheu Thai alone.

 

Political stalemate

 

Observers say that while Pheu Thai seems to be hinting that Move Forward is the problem and should leave, the latter has opted to insist on its place in the eight-party coalition. This stalemate may leave Pheu Thai with no choice but to leave the alliance and form a new government with the 188 MPs from the outgoing coalition, they add.

 

The analysts reckon that in this scenario, Palang Pracharath leader General Prawit Wongsuwan or Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul has a strong chance of becoming the next prime minister.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-parliamentary-roadblock-paves-way-for-return-of-outgoing-coalition-govt/

 

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There were rumours long before the election that negotiations had been ongoing about Thaksin letting Prawit (or Prayut)  be PM in return for letting him come home scot free when Thaksin was fantacising about a landslide PT victory. Since Prawit controls most of the senate vote, there is logic to that.  

 

Sretha is not considered reliable or likely to survive long by the old guard and Thaksin will have to pay billions to get the senate to vote for him. One look at Sretha tells that he is not cut out for the dirty world of politics and, since he lacks his own faction in PT, he is attractive to Thaksin as he cannot be his own man.  

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1 hour ago, Mavideol said:

last night CNN with Amanpour had an interesting interview with Pita, he did say some interesting things worth of listening

Just watched and yes he did. 

One thing I would say is that there needs to be institutions, separate from government and impartial, to oversee the government. I've no idea how you'd do that in a country like this. 

Under the last PT government it was clear that Thaksin was acting as PM which is not allowed. There should be bodies that can stop that, otherwise the military are the only ones that can act. Had the military done just that but kept the basics of the democratically elected government in place then they could have won some praise. However power was too tempting for them 

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