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Pheu Thai supporters urge split from MFP amid House speaker rift

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A faction of Pheu Thai supporters is urging the party to distance itself from the Move Forward Party (MFP) due to an internal disagreement over the House speaker position. Despite this, the majority of the group continues to back Pheu Thai’s commitment to vote for MFP leader Pita Limjaroenrat as the next prime minister and permit the MFP to spearhead the creation of a new coalition, according to Niyom Nopparat, a leader of the group.

The faction is also advocating for Pheu Thai to support the MFP-led effort to rewrite the constitution for the people, Nopparat added. Several members of the group assembled outside Pheu Thai’s Bangkok headquarters yesterday, submitting an open letter outlining their requests to the party.

Nopparat stated that if the MFP is unable to secure enough MPs to establish a new coalition government, Pheu Thai, which secured…

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