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According to Reuters, the President of the Thai National Assembly announced on July 25th that the vote for the election of a new Prime Minister will be postponed.
According to reports, a new round of voting was originally scheduled to take place on July 27th after the leader of the Far Progressive Party, Pita Linzarenra, attempted twice to be elected as the new prime minister in a joint session of the upper and lower houses of parliament but failed.
According to reports, Thai National Assembly President Vano said in a media interview, "There will be no meeting on July 27th."
Vano said, "I will inform you later when the next vote will be held."
Vano stated that part of the reason for the postponement of the vote was due to demands for a re examination of the decision to reject the nomination of Prime Minister Pita's candidate on July 19th.
According to reports, after the Far Progressive Party made a request, the independent ombudsman's office requested the Constitutional Court to re-examine the above decision.
Vano stated that if the court does not accept the request of the ombudsman's office, the next vote will be held on August 3rd.
On May 14th, Thailand held elections for the lower house of parliament, and the Far Progressive Party led by Bhutta became the largest party in the lower house with 151 seats. Afterwards, the Far Progressive Party formed an alliance with seven other political parties, including the Thai Party, to jointly elect Pita as the candidate for prime minister.
On July 13th, Thailand held a joint meeting of the upper and lower houses of parliament, and as the only nominated candidate for prime minister, Pita did not receive support from more than half of the members of parliament and was unable to be elected as the new prime minister. At the joint meeting of the upper and lower houses of parliament on the 19th, after several hours of intense debate, the parliament voted to reject Bhutta's candidacy for Prime Minister. The joint meeting on the same day immediately ended and a new Prime Minister of Thailand could not be elected.
The Thai Constitutional Court announced on the 19th that it will accept the case submitted by the Election Commission regarding Bhutta's alleged violation of election laws and holding media shares, and will suspend his membership as a member of parliament from today until the court makes a final ruling.
Afterwards, the Far Progressive Party announced on the 21st that it is willing to make way for the second largest party, the Thai Party, and the latter will lead the formation of a new government to break the current political deadlock.