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Pita ‘won’t get 5 votes’ for PM, says senator

Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat waves his hand as he and MFP secretary-general Chaithawat Tulathon, right, lead party MPs to receive their certification from the Election Commission at parliament on Wednesday. (Photo: Nutthawat Wichieanbut)

Pita Limjaroenrat, leader and prime ministerial candidate of the Move Forward Party (MFP), will likely receive fewer than five votes from the Senate in the parliamentary election for the new prime minister, according to a senator.

The dust has already settled, and Mr Pita will be hard pushed to draw five or more votes from the 250 senators during the vote, Kittisak Rattanawaraha, a deputy chairman of the Senate committee on political development and public participation, said on…

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