The high-stakes parliamentary vote that included a host of no-shows and nearly 200 abstentions.
Thailand's Pita Limjaroenrat failed on Thursday in his initial bid to become Thailand's next prime minister, after he was thwarted in a high-stakes parliamentary vote that included a host of no-shows and nearly 200 abstentions.
Thursday's vote was a critical test of Mr Pita's political clout and a gauge of the opposition to his party's anti-establishment agenda, which includes removing the military from politics, curbing business monopolies and amending a law that prescribes long jail terms for insulting the monarchy.
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