The Move Forward Party (MFP) and the Pheu Thai Party remained unable to end the deadlock over the House speaker position in their meeting with the other six prospective coalition parties on Sunday, though representatives said they hope to settle the issue on Monday.
The meeting at MFP headquarters was planned to resolve the dispute over the House speaker’s seat. The eight allies earlier agreed to support Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat as the new prime minister.
After the meeting, Mr Pita said they had discussed the House speaker issue and the talks were positive.
However, he said, the MFP was still waiting for a definitive answer from Pheu Thai.
“If people are confused, we must apologise. We have a firm intention to form a government and solve people’s problems,” Mr Pita…
