(Files) This file picture taken on March 4, 2023, shows Thai national flags on the side of the Parliament complex in Bangkok, the meeting place of the National Assembly of Thailand. (Photo by Amaury Paul / AFP)
Thailand’s parliament canceled a vote to select a new prime minister on Thursday as a coalition of pro-democracy parties struggled to drum up enough parliamentary support to form a new government.
The parliament will set a new date later, House speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha said on Tuesday.
Thursday’s vote at a joint sitting of parliament’s two chambers was canceled after the Office of the Ombudsman challenged the legality of last week’s rejection of Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat’s renomination as a premier candidate.
