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Coalition vying to form govt still can’t agree on House speaker post

The announcement followed a meeting of the leaders of the eight parties and their members on Sunday morning.

Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the Move Forward Party, said the meeting went well and progress was made in negotiations for selecting the next House speaker.

Chonlanan Srikaew, leader of the Pheu Thai Party, thanked Pita for demonstrating respect for Pheu Thai before explaining that there were many differences of opinion within his party.

As a result, Pheu Thai’s negotiating team must present an agenda for discussion to the party’s executive committee and MPs on Monday.

Pheu Thai will reach an agreement before noon on Monday and will then notify Move Forward and other parties in the coalition, Chonlanan said.

The agreement will be completed in time for the House of Representatives to vote on the next House speaker on July 4, he added,…

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