Thailand’s Constitutional Court has rejected a plea from the winning Move Forward Party to review a parliamentary decision blocking its Prime Ministerial candidate’s re-nomination. This decision virtually ends prospects for the progressive party to lead the next government, opening the way for a new Prime Ministerial vote in the coming week. Thailand has been under a caretaker government due to parties’ inability to form a government, partly because Pita Limjaroenrat, the Move Forward party leader, was rejected as premier by royalist military-linked lawmakers. The court dismissed the case as it was lodged by over 20 individuals not including the candidate himself.
Thailand’s Supreme Court rejects election winners’ plea to derail PM ambition
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