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Thais want repeated re-nominations of Pita until he’s endorsed: poll

Move Forward Party leaders Pita Limjaroenrat talks to reporters after the prime ministerial vote at the parliament on July 13. (Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya)

More than 43% of Thais said Pita Limjaroenrat, the sole prime ministerial candidate of the Move Forward Party, should be re-nominated repeatedly until he is finally endorsed if he failed in the first round of vote in parliament, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

The poll was conducted by telephone interviews with 1,310 people on July 11-12, before parliament convened on July 13 to select the prime minister when Mr Pita was nominated for the post of prime minister. He needed at least 375 votes from the 500…

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