The next PM nomination will still face challenges if Section 112 is a factor, making it difficult to gain support, Srettha Thavisin has said, stating that Pheu Thai remains uncertain whether it will propose a PM candidate.

After Pita Limjaroenrat failed in his first bid to become Thailand’s next prime minister with 324 votes from both houses combined, of which only 13 were from the senate, a public gathering under the slogan ‘Respect My Vote’ called for the senators to respect the people’s consensus.

Attempts to disqualify Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat and block his bid to become the next Prime Minister have sparked a wave of protests during the past week in several provinces calling for the Senate and the House of Representative to approve his nomination as Prime Minister, as his party won the most seats in the last general election.

In the afternoon parliamentary session of 13 July 2023 to select a new PM, the royal defamation law remained the hot topic.

The Election Commission has submitted a petition under Section 82 of the Constitution, asking the Constitutional Court to decide the iTV share case of Move Forward Party leader Pita Limcharoenrat.

The Move Forward party emerges top of the poll in the 2023 general election with 151 seats. Although the breakthrough marks the beginning of a rocky transition to democratic politics after nearly a decade of militarized rule, Dulyaphab Chaturongkul asks if it will have to make compromises in the coming months and whether that should decide the fate of the democratic coalition.

An alleged attempt to strip Pita Limcharoenrat’s legitimacy as a prime ministerial candidate, using the accusation of holding iTV shares, was exposed yesterday by reporter Thapanee Eadsrichai. The Move Forward Party (MFP) suggests there has been a coordinated plot to disqualify the MFP leader by reinstating iTV's status as a media organization, using allegedly fabricated minutes from the annual shareholder meeting of iTV Public Company in April.

The Election Commission (EC) has rejected a complaint filed against Move Forward party’s Pita Limjaroenrat over iTV shares and several other complaints against the party, but will launch an investigation to see if Pita has applied to run as MP knowing he is not qualified.

The Move Forward Party (MFP)-led coalition’s team working on peace has discussed approaches to resolving the southern insurgency, aiming to achieve peace within four years through negotiations in accordance with the constitution which emphasizes Thailand as a unitary state.

While women have long been considered “ornamental,” with the media and the public mainly focusing on their looks or how they dress and act, LGBTQ representation is nearly non-existent. They are subject to the same fate and even worse. A watershed moment for the community came in the last election when 3 self-identified LGBTQ people won MP seats.

A military-appointed Senator has proposed the establishment of a so-called national government, claiming that the Move Forward Party (MFP)-led coalition has failed to make progress in forming a government.

A major satellite and cable TV provider appears to have blocked the broadcasts about the Thai election of several overseas news agencies, according to reports on social media and eyewitness accounts.