Fugitive former guy Thaksin’s return won’t affect PM vote: house speaker

The parliament speaker said the next session to select the next prime minister may happen as soon as Thursday, and that the return of a certain fugitive former prime minister won’t affect things. 

Wan Muhamad Noor Matha said he would wait to see how the Constitutional Court rules on Move Forward Party’s challenge to the maneuver which quashed the second bid of its leader, Pita Limjaroenrat. The session, originally due to take place today, was postponed until the court has ruled in a hearing now set for Thursday.

If the Constitutional Court rules against Move Forward, Parliament can proceed with a vote on the next nominee, despite Pheu Thai Party’s opinion that it’s unlikely to come up until Aug. 10, which just happens to be the day Thaksin Shinawtra says he will end nearly two decades of exile to face the music back home.

If the court rules in Move…