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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jintamas Saksornchai

Court clears the way for Thai Parliament to pick a new prime minister 3 months after elections

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Thailand’s Constitutional Court cleared the way Wednesday for Parliament to vote for a new prime minister more than three months after national elections by declining to rule on a complaint over the rejection of the winning party's leader.

The court had been asked to decide whether Parliament had violated the constitution by refusing to allow the leader of the progressive Move Forward Party to be nominated for a second time as a prime ministerial candidate.

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