Rival govt coalition ‘won’t function’
The Pheu Thai Party would play by the rules during the selection of the next House speaker and two deputies, party secretary-general Prasert Chantararuangthong said yesterday.
Mr Prasert was reacting to reports that the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) would nominate Suchart Tancharoen, an elected list-MP of Pheu Thai and ex-deputy House speaker, for the House speaker role.
Talk about Mr Suchart’s nomination comes as Pheu Thai and ally the Move Forward Party (MFP) wrangle over who should get the post.
It was reported earlier that Pheu Thai was open to letting the MFP have the speaker post as long as Pheu Thai was given both deputy posts. However, it later denied such a deal had been reached.
Mr Prasert said that…
