File photo : Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat
House Speaker Wan Mohamad Noor Matha said today (Monday) that Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat must formally notify the House of Representatives if he does not want to be the leader of the opposition in parliament.
Pita has said that he does not want to be the opposition leader, because his only political aspiration is to become the prime minister of Thailand.
Citing the Constitution and parliamentary regulations, Wan Muhamad said that the leader of the party with the most seats in the opposition will automatically become the opposition leader, but if he or she does not want to assume the role, then the leader of the second largest opposition party, in this case the Democrat party, will take it.
He maintained that only a party leader who is also an MP can be the leader of the opposition, adding that the role is…
