A controversial quirk in Thailand’s latest constitution, drafted after the 2014 coup, gives unelected senators the right to join MPs in the vote to elect a PM.
On Friday, representatives of the move Forward-led eight-party coalition met at the Rosewood Hotel in Bangkok to discuss the second round of PM voting. The results of the meeting were not publicly disclosed.
According to the parliamentary source, the meeting concluded after about two hours. Executives of the Move Forward and Pheu Thai parties jointly evaluated the Senate’s move in the next meeting, as well as the possibility that whips of the outgoing Cabinet will nominate a candidate to run to be the next prime minister.
The meeting did not decide if the coalition will nominate Pita as its PM candidate again, the source said.
Representatives of the coalition will meet again on Tuesday before the vote for PM and will…
