House and Senate whips to meet Wednesday to set date for PM selection

[webfact]

 

House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha said that he will call a meeting of House and Senate whips this Wednesday to set the date for a joint sitting to select the prime minister, which could be any day from August 18th to 22nd.

 

He said he will, however, have to wait for a decision by the Constitutional Court, expected this Wednesday, on whether it will accept a petition from the ombudsman challenging parliament’s decision, by a majority vote, to reject the renomination of Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat’s prime ministerial candidacy.

 

Wan said that parliament wants a new government to be formed as quickly as possible, but must be in compliance with the law, adding that he hopes the selection of a prime minister will go smoothly.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/house-and-senate-whips-to-meet-wednesday-to-set-date-for-pm-selection/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2023-08-14

 

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[ikke1959]

I hope that the CC will not give a verdict this week, but that they need more time.... keep the voting for a PM  away as long as possible

[bradiston]

The author of the article should have added the vote was unconstitutional, majority or not. The Speaker should have known that and not even allowed it to go ahead. He has created total confusion. Whether the CC rules that way, it remains to be seen, as they will rule whichever way they're told to rule. There are separate rules for nominating a PM and for tabling a motion. They are by no means the same procedures.

 

Pretty much a dead rubber as I think MFP has thrown in the towel as far as nominating Pita for PM goes. It's still of interest to see how the CC handles it. After all, the MFP had the backing of the chair of the 2017 constitution drafting committee, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borwornsak_Uwanno, who urged them to challenge the idiotic vote. Wan should have resigned. That would have set the cat amongst the Judas party's coalition pigeons. They would have had to have spent weeks arguing amongst themselves over a replacement for an extremely important parliamentary post.

Edited August 14, 2023 by bradiston

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

but must be in compliance with the law

Which seems to be rather flexible on whether it's recognised or not.

[bradiston]

Also, it begs the question what the so called "whips" were doing in the previous parliamentary sessions when many Senators and MPs never even showed, and hundreds abstained. Do they even exist? And if they do, what's the point of them? And who are they? Party allegiances are forbidden in the Senate, so the purpose of the whips is what?

[bradiston]

9 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Also, it begs the question what the so called "whips" were doing in the previous parliamentary sessions when many Senators and MPs never even showed, and hundreds abstained. Do they even exist? And if they do, what's the point of them? And who are they? Party allegiances are forbidden in the Senate, so the purpose of the whips is what?

Ah, the penny's dropped. They organise Pita/MFP whipping. The petty Pheu Thai - the name's a joke in itself - and all other parties' sport of choice. Their very own political whipping post

Edited August 14, 2023 by bradiston

[dinsdale]

I've said before and I'll say it again. MFP should boycott the vote. Do not turn up. Leave 151 seats empty.

Edited August 14, 2023 by dinsdale

[Eric Loh]

26 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

I've said before and I'll say it again. MFP should boycott the vote. Do not turn up. Leave 151 seats empty.

If they abstain, it would quite an irony when their secretary-general Chaithwat Tulathon supporter an amendment to the charter to strip the power to vote because the senators abstained. Spite the face to be seen as a discipline party then. 

[dinsdale]

36 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

If they abstain, it would quite an irony when their secretary-general Chaithwat Tulathon supporter an amendment to the charter to strip the power to vote because the senators abstained. Spite the face to be seen as a discipline party then. 

Complete rubbish. Their (MFP) vote will mean absolutely nothing. The vote of 250 junta appointed senators is what the future of Thailand is dependant on. We have witnessed this. Where they get their orders from is not an approachable discussion.

[HandsomeTallFarang]

All this political turmoil and the Baht barely moves! Can't imagine why Thailand sometimes gets a reputation as being corrupt!

[RichardColeman]

Pretty sure I could watch the entire series of Game Of Thrones 100 times back to back before these clowns get a government in place 

[zzaa09]

5 hours ago, dinsdale said:

I've said before and I'll say it again. MFP should boycott the vote. Do not turn up. Leave 151 seats empty.

Indeed.

Nothing more disruptive than a little monkeywrenching in the works.

 

A pedant might suggest that this last general parliamentary election was afoul, corrupted and shouldn't have taken place in the illegal form that was clearly accepted. 

 

Yet...here we are.