When Thailand’s royalist military staged a coup in 2014, the generals wrote a constitution that ensured it would be hard for elected politicians to take power. Those efforts paid off this week.
Although his party won the most seats in a May 14 election, and he commands the support of a comfortable majority of elected lawmakers, 42-year-old Pita Limjaroenrat saw his bid to become prime minister blocked yesterday by a military-appointed Senate, which serves as a sort of insurance card for the establishment.
