Pita faces an uphill task to sway Parliament with the military-dominated Senate against his nomination. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BANGKOK - The leader of Thailand’s election-winning Move Forward Party was braced for what could be his final shot at becoming prime minister on Wednesday, as a Parliament that denied him last week convenes for its second vote on the premiership.
Parliamentary rules written by the military after a 2014 coup and skewed in its favour ensured Mr Pita’s defeat in the first round, when he was stopped by a Senate appointed by generals allied with conservatives and old money families that have long wielded influence over Thailand’s democracy.and knows that if he fails this time, he must honour his pledge to make way for coalition partner and political heavyweight Pheu Thai Party to field its prime ministerial candidate in the next round.
Move Forward believes many were pressured to deny him, and Mr Pita is hoping some could change their minds.“I reached out to the 13 brave ones – there was a group who didn’t show up. They pledged to vote for Pita... that’s a sizable bloc.”The progressive Move Forward ran a disruptive campaign dominated by social media, targeting urban and young voters, with promises of bold institutional reforms to upend the conservative status quo.
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