Thailand’s Move Forward Party, which has staked claim to lead a government after emerging as the single-largest party in Sunday’s election, will hold talks with its coalition partners Wednesday on the way forward as it faces some resistance from the influential Senate.
(Bloomberg) — Thailand’s Move Forward Party, which has staked claim to lead a government after emerging as the single-largest party in Sunday’s election, will hold talks with its coalition partners Wednesday on the way forward as it faces some resistance from the influential Senate.
The talks will largely focus on government formation and steps to take going forward, Chaithawat Tulathon, Move Forward’s secretary-general, told reporters in Bangkok.
“We’ll discuss preliminary details today, nothing deeper than that yet. Conditions and agreements on what our main agendas that we’ll push together will be discussed at a later stage,” he said.
The Move Forward-led coalition, that also includes Pheu Thai and four other smaller parties previously in the opposition, have about 310 seats in the 500-member House of Representatives. But its prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat is well short of the 376 votes needed in a joint sitting of the house with the Senate.
Chaithawat said the party was focused on talks within the coalition for now and if there’s a chance it will reach out to as many senators as possible to address their concerns.
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