The Constitutional Court suspended Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat as a lawmaker this morning just as parliament reconvened for a second round of voting on his bid to become prime minister.
Crowds began forming outside the parliament soon after the court unanimously accepted an election Commission petition to rule on whether the 42-year-old politician violated election law by possessing shares in a defunct media company. The petition said Pita should be disqualified from serving in parliament as he owned 42,000 shares of ITV Public Co. Ltd.
He has 15 days to respond to the allegations.
It was unclear what the immediate effect would be in the parliament, which was meeting for a second vote today, a week after Pita was denied the premiership largely due to the opposition of military-appointed senators.
As of early Wednesday afternoon, debate…
