Earlier, the National Assembly of Thailand resumed the voting session to elect the Prime Minister and Sretha Thavisin of the Pho Thai Party was the only Prime Minister nominated.
sheet wise Bangkok Post, The nomination of 61-year-old Mr. Sretha Thavisin was made during the third joint session of the Thai National Assembly, exactly 100 days after the May 14 general election.
On 16 August, Mr Sretha Thavisin joined the race for prime minister after Thailand’s constitutional court refused to review parliament’s decision to bar Progressive Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat. He was again nominated as the prime ministerial candidate.
Mr. Shretha is not an MP, but is one of three prime ministerial candidates that the Phu Thai Party registered with the Election Commission of Thailand ahead of the general election on 14 May.
The only prime ministerial candidate nominated in the 22 August voting round was Shretha Thavisin of the Phu Thai Party. Photo: AP
According to the rules, a candidate for the post of prime minister needs the support of a minimum of 374 votes in the 749-member bicameral parliament to win the election.
Earlier, on the afternoon of 21 August, Phu Thai and 10 other parties, including two parties affiliated with the military, announced a coalition to form a new government with a total of 314 seats out of 500 in the House of Representatives and confirmed recognition. . Shretha Thavisin of the Phu Thai Party as the prime ministerial candidate of the coalition.
Phu Thai is the largest party in the above coalition, in second place with 141 seats in the lower house in the general election on 14 May.
Before stepping down in April this year to enter politics, Mr. Shretha Thawisin was once the chairman and chief executive officer of a company that is now valued at around $880 million on the Thai stock market.
