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No let-up in speaker stalemate

Pheu Thai covets role as more talks loom

Lawmakers attend a parliamentary session. (File photo)

Pheu Thai MPs reiterated at their latest meeting that the next House speaker must be a candidate from their party and said the demand would be relayed to the Move Forward Party (MFP) during their talks on Wednesday.

This will also reportedly be among the key issues raised at a planned meeting of the eight prospective coalition parties on Thursday.

Pheu Thai executives and MPs held separate meetings to discuss the matter on Tuesday.

Party leader Cholnan Srikaew said a team of negotiators held talks with the MFP and proposed that the two parties get 14 cabinet seats each, with the MFP entitled to the prime…

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