Thai govt calls for calm after Pita's PM bid fails

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 21, 2023 12:40 am

BANGKOK: Thailand's caretaker prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha called for calm on Thursday after a popular progressive candidate's bid to succeed him was thwarted by military and pro-royalist lawmakers.

Pita Limjaroenrat's Move Forward Party (MFP) won the most seats in May's elections, but on Wednesday he was dramatically suspended from parliament, which then refused to grant him a second vote to become the Southeast Asian kingdom's next premier.

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