New Thai PM could be elected on August 4, but…

[webfact]

 

Fugitive, and former, Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra met with former Future Forward Leader and 2019 PM candidate Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit on Tuesday this week, adding more spice to the messy ingredients already in play for the next meeting of Parliament.

 

House Speaker and parliament president Wan Muhamad Noor Matha has called a meeting for next Friday, August 4, to elect Thailand’s’s next PM. Wan says that if the Constitutional Court rejects the petition challenging lawmakers’ blocking of Pita Limjaroenrat’s re-nomination, the vote can go ahead.

 

However, in the event that the court accepts the petition and issues an injunction, the PM vote will once more be postponed. In that case, Wan says, the Houses of Representatives and the Senate will instead deliberate Move Forward’s bill to remove Article 272 of the Constitution.

 

By Peter Roche

PHOTO: Thai PBS

 

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[jvs]

Does any one really know what is going on here?

The party with the least vote will be the government?

Who has sold his soul?

It is a right mess and how will the Thai people respond?

Will Thaksin be greeted as the messiah when he gets back?

I just have not got any idea,

 

[keith101]

Unless the duly elected party takes Government this will end up one unholy f/up

[kingstonkid]

2 hours ago, jvs said:

Does any one really know what is going on here?

The party with the least vote will be the government?

Who has sold his soul?

It is a right mess and how will the Thai people respond?

Will Thaksin be greeted as the messiah when he gets back?

I just have not got any idea,

 

Yeah what's happening is easy.  The military and elite are using their insurance package to make sure they stay in power 

 

Thaksin is walking a tightrope and I am not sure he will be back on date set.  First if the military is in charge he stands the risk of going to jail.

 

Also if the military is backed by PT he will be branded a liar an traitor for promises and statements about not joining the military parties.

 

The best thing he can do is let the military take the pm position and the coalition become the loyal opposition

 

[StayinThailand2much]

"New Thai PM could be elected on August 4, but…"

 

... they have to wait for Thaksin.  

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, jvs said:

Does any one really know what is going on here?

The party with the least vote will be the government?

Who has sold his soul?

It is a right mess and how will the Thai people respond?

Will Thaksin be greeted as the messiah when he gets back?

I just have not got any idea,

 

1] No

2] possibly

3] All of them

4] By doing nothing but moan

5] Absolutely

[bradiston]

As usual, no real evidence of a meeting and certainly no evidence of what might have transpired had there been one. On the stock exchanges, this would be dealt with under the heading "Share price manipulation". File under garbage. Until somebody can come up with a definitive record of the meeting, then it's just idle chat. Scoop hunting.

[soalbundy]

3 hours ago, jvs said:

Does any one really know what is going on here?

The party with the least vote will be the government?

Who has sold his soul?

It is a right mess and how will the Thai people respond?

Will Thaksin be greeted as the messiah when he gets back?

I just have not got any idea,

 

Politicians don't have souls and Thaksin is the placebo for the masses, riots aren't in the play book and yes they will get away with it (I hope I am wrong)

[cleopatra2]

24 minutes ago, bradiston said:

As usual, no real evidence of a meeting and certainly no evidence of what might have transpired had there been one. On the stock exchanges, this would be dealt with under the heading "Share price manipulation". File under garbage. Until somebody can come up with a definitive record of the meeting, then it's just idle chat. Scoop hunting.

I would agree. However the supposed meeting is gaining traction in the media. 

The timing of MF requesting the issue of Pita renomination to be sorted by Parliament alone aligns .

The alleged meeting took place on Monday/Tuesday.

MF makes the statement of Pita renomination on Wednesday.

 

[Srikcir]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

However, in the event that the court accepts the petition and issues an injunction, the PM vote will once more be postponed.

There is another scenario: 

The CC only suspended Pita from his position as MP pending its decision on whether he should or should not be disqualified as either PM or MP.

If the CC does agree that Pita is qualified to serve as MP and PM as did the EC prior to the election? If the House goes forward before such a favorable decision for Pita is rendered by the CC and elects a PM, is that PM suspended and a new PM selection open again? 

 

[bradiston]

1 hour ago, cleopatra2 said:

I would agree. However the supposed meeting is gaining traction in the media. 

The timing of MF requesting the issue of Pita renomination to be sorted by Parliament alone aligns .

The alleged meeting took place on Monday/Tuesday.

MF makes the statement of Pita renomination on Wednesday.

 

Yes, it's gaining traction because they're all copying each others copy.

 

I will ask the papers concerned for evidence.

[cleopatra2]

1 hour ago, Srikcir said:

There is another scenario: 

The CC only suspended Pita from his position as MP pending its decision on whether he should or should not be disqualified as either PM or MP.

If the CC does agree that Pita is qualified to serve as MP and PM as did the EC prior to the election? If the House goes forward before such a favorable decision for Pita is rendered by the CC and elects a PM, is that PM suspended and a new PM selection open again? 

 

The CC suspended Pita acting only in the capacity of MP. Pita was still able to be nominated to be PM.

 

[MrJ2U]

6 hours ago, jvs said:

Does any one really know what is going on here?

The party with the least vote will be the government?

Who has sold his soul?

It is a right mess and how will the Thai people respond?

Will Thaksin be greeted as the messiah when he gets back?

I just have not got any idea,

 

It's nothing new.

 

 

[spidermike007]

Wan says, the Houses of Representatives and the Senate will instead deliberate Move Forward’s bill to remove Article 272 of the Constitution.

 

OK. So he says there is a chance that the will of the people will be acknowledged, and Thailand will pretend to be a democracy? 

[zzaa09]

3 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Wan says, the Houses of Representatives and the Senate will instead deliberate Move Forward’s bill to remove Article 272 of the Constitution.

 

OK. So he says there is a chance that the will of the people will be acknowledged, and Thailand will pretend to be a democracy? 

What type of democracy? 

In comparative form, don't think one could find an example of this beloved democracy anywhere - as it doesn't exist and certainly isn't practiced. 

[anchadian]

The Pheu Thai party wants the Move Forward party to make a decision on the way out for the eight coalition parties, over the conditions being set for wider parliamentary support for Pheu Thai’s prime ministerial candidate, namely that there will be no amendment of the lèse majesté law and no Move Forward party in the government, said Phumtham Wechayachai, deputy leader of Pheu Thai, today (Friday).

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/pheu-thai-wants-move-forward-to-find-a-resolution-for-the-coalition-parties/

[CanadaSam]

I thought the Constitutional Court already accepted the petition to rule on whether or not it was legal to block Pita's vote for PM?

[bradiston]

7 hours ago, anchadian said:

The Pheu Thai party wants the Move Forward party to make a decision on the way out for the eight coalition parties, over the conditions being set for wider parliamentary support for Pheu Thai’s prime ministerial candidate, namely that there will be no amendment of the lèse majesté law and no Move Forward party in the government, said Phumtham Wechayachai, deputy leader of Pheu Thai, today (Friday).

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/pheu-thai-wants-move-forward-to-find-a-resolution-for-the-coalition-parties/

We know the way out. PT joins MFP in opposition. But they probably won't. They want to be top dogs and form a government. Pathetic.

[Poseidon]

There is a edge to this coin. If I was move forward I would drop pita his gone. Swiftly select a number 2 drop changes to 112 reaffirm publicly oath to the king and outright refuse to support Phu Thai. It would force them to either make deals with the military parties causing a dumping of support from there electorate it would remove any semblance of legitimatcy from the Senate not voting in the election winner. Lastly if selected would focus efforts on clipping the wings of the military of political power and Influence.

[sammieuk1]

One things for sure the Teflon Baht is totally and mysteriously unaffected again ????