Court Suspends Pita from Serving as MP

BANGKOK, July 19 (TNA) – The Constitutional Court has decided to proceed with the petition filed by the Election Commission (EC), seeking disqualification of PM hopeful Pita Limjaroenrat over the alleged media shareholding case. The court has temporarily suspended him from serving as an MP from today (July 19) until the court issues the ruling. The court’s decision to hear the case has been announced as the parliament is debating whether Pita’s renomination for a fresh prime ministerial vote is submitting a repeat motion which is prohibited under the parliament’s regulation. The second vote for a new prime minister is slated for today after the election winning Move Forward Party’s leader Pita failed to secure enough support from the bicameral parliament in the first vote on July 13. (TNA)