BANGKOK: Thailand's parliament is scheduled to sit on Aug 4 to try again to pick a prime minister, it said on Thursday (Jul 27), as a political stalemate drags on followin
Two previous attempts by the election-winning Move Forward party to have its leader Pita Limjaroenrat endorsed as premier have been blocked by conservative and military-nominated lawmakers.
But the military-nominated Senate and opponents from the conservative, royalist establishment have pushed back against Pita, stalling his attempts to become prime minister.
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