Photo : Thai Liberation Party leader Sereepisuth Temiyaves
Thai Liberal Party’s party list MP Sereepisuth Temeeyaves has announced his resignation as an MP, but he will remain the party’s leader.
Sereepisuth, a retired police general, said that he has already formally submitted his resignation to the Election Commission and the Secretariat of The House of Representatives.
His resignation will take effect this Friday and the party’s secretary general, Mangkorn Yontrakoon, will take his seat in parliament. The party won only one seat in the May general election.
At a press conference held today (Wednesday), Sereepisuth said that he tendered his resignation on August 23, one day after Srettha Thavisin was voted in as Thailand’s 30th prime minister.
Many believe that he resigned because he was not chosen for a cabinet position in Srettha Thavisin’s government.
He told…
