Thailand's MFP party leader Pita denied renomination to be PM

STORY: Thailand's MFP party leader Pita denied renomination to be PM DATELINE: July 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the parliament meeting STORYLINE: Thailand's Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat suffered major setbacks in his bid to become the country's new prime minister on Wednesday as the parliament denied his renomination. The Constitutional Court on the same day suspended him from parliament due to a disqualification case. In its second joint sitting to pick the Southeast Asian kingdom's new prime minister, a majority in the current 748-member National Assembly voted against Pita's renomination after lengthy debates, citing the parliamentary regulation prohibiting the resubmission of a rejected motion during the same parliamentary session. It was Pita's second failed bid to be the prime minister. He was the only candidate nominated for the post in the first joint parliamentary sitting last week but fell short of the simple m