Palang Pracharat nominate PM Prayut as a candidate
The new junta-sympathetic Palang Pracharat Party has officially nominated three prime ministerial candidates.
One of them is the current PM, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha.
After a party executive meeting today, party secretary general Sontirat Sontijirawong announced the party will nominate Prayut, its party leader Uttama Savanayana and Deputy PM Somkid Jatusripitak as its candidates in the prime ministerial list.
They will now send an invitation to the three candidates.
The current Constitution requires each party to name up to three candidates for the country’s top job – a political stipulation designed by the charter writers.
Parties have until February 8 to submit their PM candidate list to the Election Commission.
After the election, a party or a group of parties with the highest number of House seats will nominate a candidate for the premier’s job in a joint House and Senate sitting.
The PM announced yesterday that IF he was to be nominated as a prime ministerial candidate, and IF he accepted the position, he wouldn’t stand down from his current position as Thai PM.
SOURCE: The Nation
