July 15 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The leader of the Thai party Avanzar and favorite candidate to become prime minister of the country, Pita Limjaroenrat, has announced this Saturday that he will withdraw his candidacy if next Wednesday he does not obtain the support of both houses of Parliament in a last attempt after the failure of the last thursday.
The objective is to make way for the second formation with the most votes in the May elections, Pheu Thai, also an ally of Avanzar, so that it can attempt the investiture despite the opposition of the Senate, in which those in favor of the military junta have a majority by The camera has not been renewed.
“I want to apologize because we have not achieved it. I am willing to give Thailand a chance by letting the second party with the most votes (…) be the one that forms the coalition,” Pita said in a video message posted on networks social networks and collected by the newspaper ‘The Strait Times’.
Last Thursday, Pita obtained 324 of the 375 votes he needed for the investiture and only obtained the support of 13 senators. The epicenter of the debate is in the proposal of Pita and his faithful to repeal the legislation on lese majesty that provides for penalties of up to 15 years in prison for those who defame the Monarchy.
In this sense, Pita has called on his followers to be “creative” to try to get the support of the senators. “I alone cannot change the opinion of the senators. I ask you all to help in this mission”, he has summoned.
Waiting is the Pheu Thai party, considered a tool of the Shinawatra family. Two prime ministers from the family were ousted in coups in 2006 and 2014. Now Pheu Thai’s candidate could be 60-year-old businessman Srettha Thavisin.
