THAILAND POLITICS

Thailand's Parliament to vote for a new prime minister

epa10743357 Move Forward Party's leader and its prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat (C) reacts after failing in a crucial vote to become a new prime minister at Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, 13 July 2023. Election front-runner Limjaroenrat failed to become Thailand's next prime minister in a joint session of Senate and House of Representatives in a crucial vote for a new prime minister. Move Forward Party's leader Pita Limjaroenrat is currently working to form a coalition eight-parties government with 312 votes in the lower house but still needs another 64 legislators to secure the necessary 376 votes from among the 250 senators and 500 lower house representatives to become prime minister. A majority of senators opposed voting for Limjaroenrat who was facing whether to be disqualified from a lawmaker over allegations that he violated election rules by shareholding a media firm as well as the concern over the Move Forward Party's policies on monarchy reform and foreign policy. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

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