Decision all but kills off any hope of the election-winning party leading the next government in Thailand.
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has thrown out a petition challenging the parliament’s refusal to allow the election-winning party a second shot at forming a government.
The move on Wednesday all but kills off any hope of the progressive Move Forward party leading Thailand’s next government, with parliament slated to hold a vote on another candidate for prime minister next week.
Move Forward, led by Pita Limjaroenrat, won the most seats in a general election on May 14, riding a wave of support from young and urban Thais to end nearly a decade of military-backed rule.
But an initial bid by the 42-year-old politician to become Thailand’s next prime minister was rejected on July 13 by legislators allied with the royalist military.
His second attempt a week later was blocked…
