Thailand’s parliament on Tuesday postponed a vote to choose a new prime minister, prolonging the kingdom’s political deadlock more than two months after an election won by opposition parties. He was refused a second ballot on July 19, but this decision is now being challenged at the Constitutional Court. House speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha said the new vote for premier, scheduled for Thursday, had to wait for the court’s decision. Pita managed 324 votes across the two houses in the first ballot, with only 13 of the senators supporting him. But the party faces difficult decisions about its coalition, with conservative forces refusing to help any government that includes MFP.

Source: The Guardian July 25, 2023 22:13 UTC