{"id":32929,"date":"2023-06-27T07:18:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T07:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=32929"},"modified":"2023-06-27T07:18:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T07:18:39","slug":"thailands-pita-says-enough-support-from-senate-to-become-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=32929","title":{"rendered":"Thailand&#8217;s Pita says &#8216;enough support&#8217; from Senate to become PM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reuters:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BANGKOK, June 27 &#8211; Thailand&#8217;s leading prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat said on Tuesday he has enough support in the upper house to become the country&#8217;s next premier, just days ahead of the new parliament&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/first-thai-parliament-meeting-after-may-election-set-july-3-2023-06-24\/\">first session<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pita, the leader of the progressive Move Forward Party, faces an uncertain path to the premiership despite scoring a stunning victory in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/old-rivalries-new-battle-thailand-goes-polls-2023-05-13\/\">May poll<\/a> that saw Thais reject nearly nine years of military-backed government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His eight-party alliance together has 312 seats in parliament. Under the constitution, to become prime minister, Pita needs at least 376 votes in a joint sitting of the bicameral legislature, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/thailands-senate-could-hold-key-hopeful-election-winner-2023-05-15\/\">including the 250-member upper house<\/a>, most of whom were chosen by the military when it took power in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked on Tuesday how much Senate support he had secured, Pita said: &#8220;enough for me to become prime minister&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doubts have lingered over whether Pita has enough support because of his party&#8217;s controversial proposal to amend Thailand&#8217;s strict royal insult law or lese majeste. Move Forward has said the law, which prescribes up to 15 years of jail for perceived offences against the monarchy, is used as a political tool against opponents of the current government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stance has antagonised country&#8217;s royalist establishment and old-money elite, including the conservative-leaning Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters: BANGKOK, June 27 &#8211; Thailand&#8217;s leading prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat said on Tuesday he has enough support in the upper house to become the country&#8217;s next premier, just days ahead of the new parliament&#8217;s first session. Pita, the leader of the progressive Move Forward Party, faces an uncertain path to the premiership despite scoring a stunning victory in a May poll that saw Thais reject nearly nine years of military-backed government. His eight-party alliance together has 312 seats in parliament. 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