The Pheu Thai party will vote against any motion by members of parliament which challenges the motion, supported by the eight coalition parties, to re-nominate Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat as next prime minister, according to Pheu Thai party leader Chonlanan Srikaew.
The Pheu Thai party has assigned Sutin Klungsang, a party-list MP, to submit a motion to parliament tomorrow (Wednesday), re-nominating Pita, after the party executive committee agreed at a meeting today to support Pita.
Chonlanan said that all the party’s 141 MPs will vote for Pita’s prime ministerial candidacy, adding, however, that, if parliament votes not to accept Pita’s re-nomination motion, based on Rule 41, and reschedules the vote on the selection of the prime minister to Thursday, the party will wait and see how the Move Forward party reacts in response to the situation.
He said that, if the Move Forward party announces that it is willing to let the Pheu Thai party take the lead in forming the next government, the party is ready to do so “but, for the time being, we have not made any preparations, as we are waiting for the outcome of the parliament meeting tomorrow.”
Chonlanan said the remark by Paetongtarn Shinawatra, head of the Pheu Thai “Family”, that she prefers Srettha Thavisin, a former real estate tycoon, as the party’s candidate for the next prime minister is her personal opinion which does not reflect the opinion of the executive committee.
