Wait a minute! That might be acting too hastily. The Constitution does offer a way out of the current impasse. The second clause of Section 272 of the Constitution says: “In case, Parliament cannot find any contender as appropriate for taking the premiership, two-thirds of the Senate as well as the majority of the two Houses can vote to by-pass all conditions cited in the ordinary selection procedure. They can select any other contenders from either in the preliminary short-list or outsiders. This process would need around 500 votes to overcome this hurdle. And if this is still not working, General Prayut could opt out of the said choice.
Meanwhile, another issue cropped up after Pita’s second failure to bid for PM. The Ombudsman’s office decided to petition the charter court, claiming that the action of several MPs and senators to reject Pita’s candidature in the second…
