Thai lawmakers bar Pita Limjaroenrat from prime minister race
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ค. 2023
- A majority of 395 Thai lawmakers blocked Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat from his second bid for the prime minister post on Wednesday (Jul 19), a week after a failed first attempt. The decision came shortly after he was suspended as member of parliament, with the Constitutional Court proceeding with a case that may bar him from parliament altogether. CNA’s Saksith Saiyasombut and May Wong report from Bangkok.
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What has happened to Asia?
IT IS SO SAD THAT THAILAND, MYANMA AND CAMBODIA are being dominated my the illegal government. Constitution Court in these countries are not effective. They had made any law just to protect themselves.
I WISH FOR DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE FOR THAI PEOPLE ❤
Dictatorship
How are the governments of those countries you mentioned illegal?
Hey this has nothing to do with Cambodia constitution law. Do your research before you post your comments.
@@nocturnalowl5867 They are coup leaders. They do not respect their people’s votes. They had used their militaries’ power to overthrow the oppositions leaders who were elected by the people. Some of the opposition leaders have been jailed till now.
@@70svdthis is a trend across all of mainland SEA. Yes it has everything to do with Cambodia constitution as well.
To all my Thais out there, don't stop fighting.
I'm tired of going to the polls. Won the number 1 vote but was robbed of democracy by the dictatorship.
Fighting against the monarchy and the powerful military leaders? Even Thaksin fled the country, the same thing could happen to Pita if they are unhappy with him, he openly told everyone that he wants to reform and get rid of the king, now he eats his own medicine.
@@icebaby6714Exactly that....
@icebaby6714 No my friend you are totally wrong! The Thai people are getting a taste of their freedom and will never loose that! Watch this space!
@bazzer621 Well, freedom is exactly what they scare the most
Thailand is not democratic , there is a third force pulling the power strings n manipulating the whole situation.
He shouldn't have been a leader in the first place. He is a dangerous person to stalk the United States. a threat to national security I'm glad he got out of the audition, thanks.
Yes
It has been like that for a long time, even if Pita gets the job, he would be overthrown by the military coup and end up in jail.
@@icebaby6714Singapore is bad, Thailand is not any better
By the monarchy.
Get rid of the Senators, Judges on the Constitutional Court and the Election Officials to avoid any problems towards Democracy
That means war or revolution, the military is so powerful, those who are against them will go to jail.
Easier said than done mate
Any country that has the army (military) controll over its politics tend to be very manipulative. ARM FORCES SHOULD NOT BE ANY PART OF THE POLITIC. ARM FORCES SHOULD BE UNDER THE GOVERMENT.
VERY SAD TO SEE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENING IN THAILAND. Lets hope a good leader will soon be appointed
250 MPs at Upper House were nominated by the military leaders who support the monarchy...since Pita wants to get rid of the monarchy, he will never get the job even though he won the lower house in the election as he needs more than half of the votes from both houses, which is impossible. So this is so called democracy in Thailand.
You are very wrong. Our armies protect the country from wicked politicians sent by the US to have power to destroy everything we have. Pita and his party is a traitor focusing on destroying not building anything. He is Thai Zelensky by the way.
This is what so called DEMOCRACY?
😢😢😢 it's the end of my hope.
I understand your feelings when my country got shi tty government because stu pid plot twist. Supposedly we should get good government but MP in my country switch support and now we got id iot and as shole prime mi nister. But we will got our chance on this august.
He shouldn't have been a leader in the first place. He is a dangerous person to stalk the United States. a threat to national security I'm glad he got out of the audition, thanks.
we support the people of thailand, we support freedom, we support Pita as the new PM!
-from the phils
What a clown system.
He shouldn't have been a leader in the first place. He is a dangerous person to stalk the United States. a threat to national security I'm glad he got out of the audition, thanks.
@@freeth5302 I have no idea what you are saying.
Yup thailand became dictator again
He shouldn't have been a leader in the first place. He is a dangerous person to stalk the United States. a threat to national security I'm glad he got out of the audition, thanks.
He seems to be a competent guy. Thai Politics needs new, young, invigorated and efficient officials. Plus he won in the elections right? Why can't he assume power? 😢
The military blocked him by using their hand-picked senators.
@@petchpm Oh no... sadt. There is truly no real democracy in Thailand.
standard corruption we are seeing all over asia. It's a sad mess. People deserve better
@@jblev736 More on military dictatorship as the previous commenter mentioned that it was the junta backed senators that prevented his eventual ascencion to the Prime Ministership position.
😱😭😭😭😭 tell the world of the collapse corruption and twist of law
He shouldn't have been a leader in the first place. He is a dangerous person to stalk the United States. a threat to national security I'm glad he got out of the audition, thanks.
WHY?
He shouldn't have been a leader in the first place. He is a dangerous person to stalk the United States. a threat to national security I'm glad he got out of the audition, thanks.
So the previously concluded elections is just a farce? Wow. What a mockery of the Thai people.
This is not fair
This scenario that could put thai monarchy on the brink of revolution.
Absolutely.
Well… cancel that trip to Thailand
Considering the current senators appointed by the pro-military government, I firmly recommend that the coalition party targets a representation of at least 390 members. This strategic maneuver will considerably enhance the prospects of successfully advancing various legislative proposals, including those that the party aims to introduce in the initial 100 days of the new government's tenure. Persisting with the current coalition size may provoke strong opposition from these senators, who will spare no effort to damage the move forward party's reputation. Hence, bolstering representation is of utmost importance in effectively countering their opposition.
Thank you from Thailand 🇹🇭🇹🇭
I saw this coming, I knew they would find any way to bring him down.
Must be Pita's monarchy reform agenda. The army will defend the constitutional monarchy.
They make sure he won't have a chance as he failed to get more than half of votes from both upper and lower houses where the 250 seats in the upper house are controlled by the military representatives.
You mean, absolutely monarchy.
Weird for such a report as Thai casted votes for MP election, NOT the Prime Minister. He could not enough votes from MP because his insistence on reforming 112. Yet, it is true even now that Move Forward Party got a popular votes, but that was not the election for the Prime Minister! If he were back down on 112 reform, many MP vowed to cast votes for him and he shall be the Prime Minister without any vote from the Senate. BUT he did not surrender, in my view, he has abandoned people who casted votes for him to do good things like better improving living condition, providing better social welfare, raise household income, etc. Shame on him!
Bullshit. Pita got 311 votes from 500 “elected” MPs. What he couldn’t get is the votes from the 250 military-appointed senators. The senators only use lese-majeste law(article 112) as a pretext to decieve those who are fool enough to believe that they really are protecting the king and as an excuse to not vote for pita.
They will NOT vote for pita even after he vowed not to change 112 law, but if pita did that, it would truly be a betrayal to the people who voted for him as it is one of reasons why move forward party won this election
I knew so long because this country is the same UK country that why difficult to forward . This countries is not USA .So very difficult to move to forward .
เดี๋ยวเราจะกลับมา
Let the daughter of Thaksin be the new Prime Minister. 😊
Why are they blocking him whe he is an elected official. Suspicious
Been there done that. God bless the Philippines.
I need Pita
Foregone conclusion
These 2 countries, namely thailand and myanmar do have the same or identical system, it is always the senate that turned rogue
What a twist and turn roller coaster for Pita. He won yet being barred from becoming PM??? Go figure😮
The news anchor shouldn't have used the expression "ROWDY CROWD". There were no indication of that at all.
She was a bit biased in her reporting.
There are 500 Seats. MFP wins 151 seats. The next nearest Phue Thai Party wins 141....So it will be a Coalition Govt.
It’s now Move Backward Party
Paetongtarn Shinawatra is the rightful PM.
WHY ??😎
He shouldn't have been a leader in the first place. He is a dangerous person to stalk the United States. a threat to national security I'm glad he got out of the audition, thanks.
For the sake of Thailand, the Move Forward Party must make peace with the Army and negotiate with GIve-And-Take attitude. You must All come together. Make Asean proud of Thailand, show the world Thais are reasonable people and worthy of support.
At the moment he knew his party has won 151 votes out of 500 lead the 2nd runner up for 10 votes.He gave the interview to foreign medias with confidence that he will be PM for sure. His speech struck my heart and I knew he didn't do this for us but for the sake of power hungry. He said" I will be your PM whether you would agree or disagree with me". What's the heck? And he had no place to stand right now.
Sorry, but your interpretations is laughably illogical. When he said "whether you agree or disagree", it was clearly for the corrupt government and military. Your illogical thinking is exactly why thailand is having issues
Because Pita should be PM. The 2nd runner up you said already lose, no matter how many seats difference, lose is lose.
Some one be hide and control Pita
Thailand have King. Where is the King, is he not able to speak up to tell those politician to be follow and respect the winning team that the thai citizen voted for.. so where is the Thailand King??? Biggest question
Somthing needs to be done about this corrupt government and hapless Monarchy
What is the use of recently held election???
This is really the Doom and Black day
for Thailand democracy!!!😭
Even if someone in their parties become PM, there would be a coup soon anyways
Blow to democracy such an understatment😂
KA
Support Thai people military have no biz in governing
Thailand King is the root cause. We see that the most powerful national authority comes from Monarchy and all the nation own business and other most important are controlled by King' s families.
In 21 century this is totally unacceptable.
Fighting Thailand people 💪💪.
Oppose dictatorship and monarchy from here Like us Myanmar.
Never let it happen again..
You are one proof that wisdom is needed in Myanmar, not democracy. it is the main reason why you lost your sovereignty in the past.
Funny that the girl interviewed spoke English that like sounds so much like a certain society that like has its finger in like every pie 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️ Foreign funding.
When evil rules the world. Great Thai ppl
Kabar Khaung Saung Ah Pound Toe.....Pyie Thu Pyie Thar Toe Ko....Sitt Mahan Thaw ...Say Ta Nar...Mittter...Gayunar...Muditar.......Ta Yar Htar Kya Pyi....Khaung Saung Mu Ko Laut Saung Pay Kya Par......
Too west leaning?
This is the result when NED and USAID are involved. May the Emerald Buddha save Thailand once again 🙏🙏🙏
This is the result when military and corrupt politicians are enabled by a gullible public who will blame NED and USAID instead of the corrupt officials. Imagine falling for such things
Politicians are Les Comedian; and it is all about timing, between the Guillotine and Crown.
joke parliament...😂
The military is a "stabiliser." A necessity; to keep out foreign interference like those experienced by Hong Kong.
May Wong did her eyes now bigger and she's looking more spg now
He need to be clear himself before enter is not the law maker is about himself never been clear..him self....
Even though monarchy or corrupt military regimes are not to be advocated, the young lad is still too inexperienced for the position of a Prime Minister.
By "young lad" are you talking about the man in his 40+ years old?
And by inexperienced what is your criteria?
if the criterion is a number of years in parliament then are you suggesting that the priminister candidate has to be in parliament for more than 5 years no matter how good he is?
It is funny and sad to see many preple use some absurd reason just to justify their goal espacialy in Thai parliament in a past few weeks.
Everyone is inexperienced until they get into office! Nobody goes into politics with experience.
Lmao, notice how you provide no actual logical thought process or data to support your arbitrary statement. Stop projecting your own inexperience and ineptitude by pretending that all "young" people are not experienced. Intelligence is all that is needed. Experience is useful, but most experience is only needed because of a laziness to not use math and logic to plan ahead.
Dictator title again...The vote was made by MP and Senator democratically......Thai lawmaker 😂😂😂😂😂
He shouldn't have been a leader in the first place. He is a dangerous person to stalk the United States. a threat to national security I'm glad he got out of the audition, thanks.
too young, too naive.
i love thailand i love dictator i love rebel soldier
i LOVE MY KING RAMA
He broke the law- they cant blame the court
What law did he break?
PITA = Pain In The Ass
He shouldn't have been a leader in the first place. He is a dangerous person to stalk the United States. a threat to national security I'm glad he got out of the audition, thanks.
Haha...so prophetic. Jep tot krup...LOL