The Thai parliament has once again failed to elect a new candidate for prime minister. Pita | Joint Meeting | Prime Minister
On the 19th, the Thai parliament held another joint meeting of the upper and lower houses to elect a new prime minister. After intense debate, the National Assembly voted to reject the nomination of Prime Minister Pita, the leader of the Far Progressive Party, and the joint meeting once again failed to elect a new Prime Minister.
At the joint meeting that day, Pita once again became the only nominated candidate for prime minister. However, some legislators immediately proposed that according to the rules of procedure of the National Assembly, any motion that has been rejected cannot be resubmitted during the same parliamentary session. Considering that Pita was previously nominated but not elected, he cannot be nominated as a candidate for Prime Minister again.
After several hours of intense debate, the National Assembly voted to reject the nomination of Prime Minister Pita's candidate, and the joint meeting of that day immediately ended, failing to elect a new Prime Minister of Thailand.
Prior to this joint meeting, Pita stated that if he is still unable to be elected as Prime Minister, he will support the candidate of the Thai Party for the position of Prime Minister.
Earlier that day, the Thai Constitutional Court announced the acceptance of a case submitted by the Election Commission regarding Pita's alleged violation of election laws by holding media shares, and suspended Pita's membership as a member of parliament from today until the court makes a final ruling.
On May 14th, Thailand held elections for the lower house of parliament, and the Far Progressive Party led by Pita 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 the 13th of this month, Thailand held a joint meeting of the upper and lower houses of parliament. Pita, as the only nominated candidate for prime minister, did not receive support from more than half of the members of parliament and was unable to be elected as the new prime minister.